Struggle in story between opposing forces
Conflict
external conflict
A struggle between a character and an outside force
internal conflict
character struggles with thoughts, feelings (something inside)
Climax
Point of greatest interest in a story
Character
Person/thing in the story
Alliteration
Repetition of consonant sounds
Assonance
repetition of vowel sounds
main character
the most important character in a story, poem, or play
minor character
less important character
flat character
shows only one trait
Characterization
Analyzing a character by traits or qualities
direct characterization
The author directly states a character's traits
round character
a character has many characteristics
indirect characterization
we find out about characters indirectly through thoughts, comments, or actions of the other characters
description
Tells about, explains, give an impression of
diction
word choice and word arrangement an author uses for a purpose
exposition
introduces characters, setting, and situation
fiction
story of non-real things
folktale
story that is passed down by word of mouth
first person point of view
narrator is directly in story
falling action
events that happen after climax
fables
short story with a lesson/moral
foreshadowing
author giving clues about later events/situatuion
imagery
giving sensory details in writing
literature
a form of writing
mood
emotional quality of the story
narrator
tells the story
narrative poem
poem that is a story; has plot, characters, setting
onomatopoeia
word or words that sound like the action or thing they describe or present
haiku
poem with a pattern of 5,7,5 usually about nature
idiom
exaggerations not to be taken literally
line
horizontal group of words
poetry
style of writing is lyrical and has feeling
rising action
events that complicate the conflict
resolution
how story ends
rhythm
stressed and understressed parts of words
rhyme
words with similar sounding ending
rhyme scheme
predictable pattern of rhyming
style
an author's personal way of using language
setting
where and when of a story
symbol
an object, a person, a place or an experience that represents
stanza
paragraphs of poems with lines
simile
comparing 2 or more thing with "as" or "like
metaphor
comparing 2 or more things without "as" or "like
theme
message of the story not equal to topic learned by main character
text structure
way of piece of writing is organized
third person point of view
narrator's outside story watching
second person point of view
story talking to "you