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Crum Eng 9 Terms A
Crum English 9 ELA Terms 22-23 1st 25
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| written account of connected events; a story that has a beginning, middle, and end. (Prose) | Narrative/Literature Text |
| Prose writing that is based on facts, real events and real people. (i.e., biographies, history, news articles, lab reports, Science reports/findings | Nonfiction/Informational Tex |
| how information is organized in a passage | Text Structure |
| the words chosen by the writer to tell a story. | Diction |
| the arrangement of words and phrases to create formed sentences in a language | Syntax |
| a brief description or overview of a document or discussion with out any opinions or judgments | Objective Summary |
| the main idea that connects the elements of a story; the point of it all | Central Idea |
| the main idea that connects the elements of a story; the point of it all | Setting |
| the main idea that connects the elements of a story; the point of it all | Plot |
| the state of the plot that develops the conflict, or the struggle. This is the building of the action. | Rising Action |
| the point of greatest interest in a story, usually occurs toward the end of a story, after the conflict has been identified, resolution can be achieved | Climax |
| the point in the story after the climax that draws the story to a closing before the story’s resolution. | Falling Action |
| the conclusion of the story when all or most conflicts have been settled | Resolution |
| author’s choice of words that expresses the author’s attitude toward the subject, characters, or situation | Tone |
| the main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly; the big idea, what the characters learn. | Theme |
| means to infer (make a logical guess about what the author did not explicitly share. | Implicit |
| what author gives; the “right there” information | Explicit |
| a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story | Flashbacks |
| the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader | Mood |
| the way the writer creates and develops characters, through the point of view of the narrator, through the characters physical experience, through the characters’ own thoughts, through the thoughts speech and actions of other characters. | Characterization |
| any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work | Character |
| is the main character in a story, play, or novel | Protagonist |
| is the force or character working against the protagonist or main character in a story, play, or novel | Antagonist |
| A figure of speech in which something nonhuman is given human qualities. (“Grey mist on the sea’s face”) | Personification |
| the struggle between two or more opposing forces | Conflict |
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