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test date 6/20/23
Term | Definition |
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Theme | The central idea or message about life that is expressed in the story |
Point of View | First person, second person, third person (omniscient) The perspective in which a story is being told |
Foreshadowing | Hints or clues about future events |
Conflict | A problem, fight, or struggle between characters, society, nature, or internally within |
Setting | Where and when the story takes place (including the time, place, weather, culture, customs and traditions). |
Antagonist | The central character’s opponent (creates the conflict) |
Protagonist | The central character is usually involved in a conflict against the antagonist. May also be known as the hero |
Climax | The point of tension, emotion, or heightened suspense (the turning point). Determines the resolution |
Author’s Purpose | The reason why the author writes: Entertain, Inform, Explain, and Persuade |
Mood | The feelings the reader gets from reading the author’s words |
Tone | The attitudes and feelings of an author/speaker toward a subject |
Plot | The sequence of events in a story--beginning, middle and end |
Exposition | The beginning of the story where the main characters and initial conflicts are introduced. The setting of the story (time, place, weather, culture etc.). |
Rising Action | Events that lead up to the climax. They help create tension and suspense and may have more conflicts. |
Climax | The turning point of the story; the moment of tension, emotion, or suspense that determines the resolution. The main conflict is addressed. |
Falling Action | Eases the tension and shows how the main character resolves the conflict. |
Resolution/Conclusion | The end of the story where typically the main conflict is resolved. |
Characterization | The means through which an author reveals a character’s personality. Characterization may be direct or indirect. |
Direct Characterization | The author tells the reader what the character is like. |
Indirect Characterization | The author shows the reader what the character is like through how a character looks, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks, or how the character affects the other characters. |
Dynamic Character | A character who undergoes a significant internal change over the course of the story. This may be a change in understanding, values, insight etc. |
Static Character | A character who does not undergo a significant change over the course of a story. |
Idiom | A phrase or expression that says one thing, but means something else. |
Allusion | A reference to something outside of what you are reading- a place, person, or event. |
Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. |
Simile | A comparison of two different things using the words “like” or “as” |
Metaphor | A direct comparison of two different things without using “like” or “as”; it describes something by calling it something else. |
Personification | Describing nonhuman animals, objects, or ideas as though they possess human qualities or emotions. |
Alliteration | Repetition of initial (beginning) consonant sounds. |
Noun | A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea (Note: Many nouns end in –ion.) |
Pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun |
Adjectives | a word that modifies, or describes a noun or pronoun |
Verbs | state what is happening in the sentence |
Adverbs | a word that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb |