Plot
Literary Terms
Punctuation
Point of View
Text Elements
100
The first part of a story where the reader learns about characters, setting, and the conflict is hinted at.
What is exposition?
100
This is a message about life or human nature that we get from literature; the moral of the story.
What are themes?
100
This indicates a pause in a sentence...like when someone is thinking about what to say next.
What is an ellipsis?
100
This is when the main character is telling their own story.
What is first-person POV?
100
This is the name of a text and the largest line; it is the text's heading.
What is a title?
200
The highest point of tension in a story; a turning point.
What is climax?
200
This is how we learn about characters from the author.
What is characterization?
200
These are used to add more information that isn't necessary to the sentence.
What are parentheses?
200
This is when the narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is third person limited?
200
This is used to clarify the title of a story; it provides more information and context.
What is a subtitle?
300
This is when Marlin is finally reunited with Nemo in Finding Nemo.
What is the climax?
300
This is something like to entertain, to persuade, to inform, etc
What is author's purpose?
300
We use this punctuation for many reasons: to give emphasis, present dialogue, or introduce lists or text.
What is a colon?
300
This is when the narrator is outside the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
300
This appears within the text and introduces a new section of the text.
What is a subheading?
400
This is the part of a story when the characters try to solve the conflict and the conflict is complicated by their actions or actions of others.
What is rising action?
400
This hints at something that will happen later in the text.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This is used to link two complete ideas into one sentence; it can also be used to separate items in a list when the items themselves contain commas.
What is a semicolon?
400
This is when the narrator speaks directly to the reader.
What is second-person?
400
This is something like a graph or chart within the text.
What is a graphic feature?
500
This is the (not-so) happily ever after of a story.
What is the resolution?
500
This is a reason for writing a story; it can be political, personal, cultural, etc
What is an author's motive?
500
We use these to separate independent and dependent clauses.
What is a comma?
500
This is when the narrator is outside of the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of none of the characters.
What is third person objective?
500
This kind of text element is represented here.
What is a graphic feature?