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 Theme

What is a statement the text seems to be making about a particular subject? For example, a story about a young man getting married might have the theme of marriage a type of confinement, as the end of freedom.

100
Setting
What is the place and time in which a story happens?
100
Protagonist
What is main, most important character of the story?
100
Narrator
What is the person or voice telling the story? Not the same as the author.
100
Plot
What is the arrangement of and relationship between events in a narrative? Not the same as story.
200

When the narrator is not a character in the text and may know and reveal the thoughts of the characters.

What is third-person point of view?

200
The point of view where a character tells the story, often using the pronoun I.
What is first-person point of view?
200
Climax (of the story)
What is highest point of tension in the story, where the events that take place decide the fate of the characters and the outcome of the story?
200
Exposition
What is the outline of characters and setting? The details of who/where/when that often come at the beginning of a story?
200
Story
What is the chronological sequence of events from within a story, emphasizing causality?
300
Tone
What is the author's emotional attitude, as presented in the story? For example, mysterious, serious, playful, etc.
300
The author's use of language. For example, formal or conversational, very descriptive or action-packed. Short sentences vs. very long sentences.
What is style?
300
Simile
What is when two things are compared using words such as "like" or "as" to link the two words? For example, "your voice was like nails on a chalkboard."
300
Metaphor
What is a figure of speech that associates two things, so that one is used to represent the other? For example, "Today was a fairytale."
300
Using hints and clues to let readers know what will happen later in the plot
What is foreshadowing?
400
A transition to an earlier event that interrupts the normal straightforward plot development.
What is a flashback?
400
The ways in which the author reveals a character's personality.
What is characterization?
400
A character who does not grow, develop, or change as the story progresses.
What is a static character?
400
Hyperbole
What is a figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express a strong emotion, make a point, or be humorous?
400
Symbolism
What is when an object represents an idea? For example, a red rose representing love.
500
When readers know and understand more than the characters in a story.
What is dramatic irony?
500
A frame story
What is a story that takes place around (before and sometimes after) the regular story, like a picture frame? For example, stories that start with one character telling another a story, and this inner story is the real focus of the entire story.
500
Magic realism
What is a genre of fiction that contains both realistic and fantastic elements, and is marked out by its treatment of the fantastic as realistic?
500
A type of narration that attempts to mimic thought as it happens, so it includes things like memory, sense perceptions, feelings, and thoughts? It can be somewhat random.
What is stream-of-consciousness narration?
500
Denouement
What is the resolution of the story that comes after the story's climax and shows what happens to the main characters?