a character that shows a wide range of emotions and can be unpredicatable
What is a Round Character
100
a series of related events that drive a story
What is Plot
100
the stated or implied point the author is trying to give the readers
What is Theme
100
time and place of a narrative
What is Setting
100
An overstatement or exaggeration used for dramatic effect
What is Hyperbole
200
a character who experiences some type of challenge. They may learn a lesson or grow more mature
What is a Dynamic Character
200
the introduction to the plot
What is Exposition
200
When a story's theme or perception about life is stated directly buy the author
What is Stated Theme
200
to reflect the parts of ______ a writer may refer to: historical backdrop, season, time of day, weather pattern
What is Time
200
Compares two seemingly unalike things using like or as
What is Simile
300
Someone motivated by a goal or desire to frustrate, challenge, or hurt the protagonist.
What is Antagonist
300
main character(s) tries to solve a problem; encounters several obstacles along the way
What is rising action
300
when a stories theme or perception about life must be inferred by readers
What is Implied Theme
300
to reflect a particular ______ a writer may refer to: geography, climate, housing and transportation, cultural elements, occupation, activity, dialogue, or speech pattern
What is Place
300
a comparison in which one thing is written about as if it were another.
What is Metaphor
400
A character who stereotypical and whose emotions can be predicted
What is a Flat Character
400
The turning point of a story. Character(s) fate is sealed
What is Climax
400
when the narrator of the story is one of the characters and part of the plot. Witnesses or participates int eh action taking place.
What is First Person P.O.V.
400
Closely related to setting, However ________ focuses more on the environment of the time and place
What is Context
400
The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
What is Understatment
500
(1)writer tells what character is like
(2)writer shows what character is like and reader draws a conclusion
What are Indirect and Direct Characterization
500
Provides a hint or clue to events that will occur in the future or later in the story
What is Foreshadowing
500
Narrator tells a story by positioning readers within the story as the main characters. Rarely used.
What is Second Person P.O.V.
500
The two types of context.
What are Historical and Cultural Context
500
A figure of speech in which a nonhuman thing is described as if it were a person