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Novel Vocabulary 1
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What happens in a story. A series of events.
What is plot?
100
The last part of a story, in which any remaining questions are answered.
What is resolution?
100
The perspective from which a story is narrated or told.
What is point of view?
100
The writer makes direct statements about a character's personality and tells what the character is like.
What is Direct Characterization?
100
Compares two things by calling one thing another. Direct Comparison. Example: "Shelly thumped him with both heels and said, "Get up, you sorry sack of beans..."
What is a metaphor?
200
The first part of a plot, in which you learn who the characters are and what they want.
What is basic situation?
200
The anxiety the reader feels about what will happen next in the story.
What is suspense?
200
A main character is telling the story from his/her point of view. (Pronouns used I, me, mine, us, we, ours...)
What is a first person narrator?
200
The writer reveals information about a character and his/her personality through that character's thoughts, words, and actions, along with how other characters respond to that character, including what they think and say about him. The reader must make an inference based on this information to determine the character's personality.
What is indirect characterization?
200
Nonhumans are given human traits or attributes (characteristics) Example: "...when a summer storm rumbles across Florida Bay. If you're on the ocean side of the islands, it can sneak up on you from behind, which happens a lot to tourists."
What is personification?
300
A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
What is conflict?
300
Hints/Clues about what may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
The narrator speaks directly to the reader and says, "You went to school today and played Jeopardy in your language arts class. You had an awesome time!" This type of narrator is rarely used.
What is a 2nd Person Narrator?
300
Writers use this type of language to make their writing more interesting and effective. By using a simile, metaphor, idiom, or personification, the writer is able to paint a picture in the mind of the reader. Similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification are examples of this type of language.
What is figurative language?
300
Language that creates a sensory impression within the reader's mind. This type of language appeals to your five senses. (Smell, Taste, Touch, Hearing, and Sight)
What is Imagery?
400
Problems that arise as characters struggle to reach their goals.
What are complications?
400
You are reading a story about a young boy who survived a plane crash, but is now struggling to survive in the wilderness. Identify the type of conflict.
What is Man vs. Nature (Character vs. Nature)?
400
This narrator is not a character in the story and is able to tell the reader the inner thoughts and actions of all the characters in the story.
What is a 3rd Person Omniscient Narrator?
400
An expression that means something totally different than what it says. Example: "Tell her to hang in there..."
What is an idiom?
400
One-sided judgment either for or against a particular person, position, or thing. In order to identify this one-sided judgement you must look at word choice and the exclusion and inclusion of particular information.
What is Bias?
500
A story's most emotional or suspenseful point. This is when we learn how the conflict is resolved.
What is climax?
500
You are reading a story about a love triangle. The young lady is conflicted about who she loves....the young vampire or the young werewolf. Identify the type of conflict involving the lady's emotional turmoil.
What is Man vs. Self (Character vs. Self)? Sidenote: Man is a generalized term and does not refer to a specific gender. It really means huMAN....man or woman.
500
This narrator is not a character in the story and is able to tell the reader the thoughts and actions of a few characters in the story, but is limited to just those characters.
What is 3rd Person Limited Narrator?
500
Compares two things using the words like or as. Example: "I've always liked watching the sky drop down like a foamy purple curtain when a summer storm rumbles across Florida Bay."
What is a similie?
500
Information given is fact based and does not intentionally leave out any information, good or bad.
What is Unbiased?