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| Point of the highest interest; usually comes toward the end of the story after the conflict is understood; turning point; conflicts may also be introduced |
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| Struggle between opposing forces |
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| Usually first stage in a plot of a story; gives information and introduces the setting and main characters |
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| a stage in plot that starts to draw a close; after climax, before resolution; shows important decision or action that happened at climax; final outcome is not clear yet |
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| Prose writing that tells imaginary story; basic elements are plot, character, setting, and theme; some events or characters in a story may be real; short story or novel |
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| Series of events in story; usually centers a conflict based on main character; most have 5 stages: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution |
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| After falling action; ties up loose ends in a story; story plot brought to a close |
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| Stage that develops the conflict; has events to make conflict complicated; builds up to climax |
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| Struggle that occurs within a character |
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| Involves a character who struggles against outside him- or herself, such as categories are nature, a physical obstacle, or another character |
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| Occurs when a writes provides hints for future events in the story; creates suspense and make readers eager to find out what will happen |
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| The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea |
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| A feeling of growing tension and excitement felt by a reader; readers become curious by the writer creating questions in the reader's mind about the outcome of the story or event |
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| Writing that reads much like fiction, except that the characters, setting, and plot are real; includes autobiographies, biographies, and memoirs |
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| Writing that tells about real people, places, and events; written to convey factual information |
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| The arrangement of events by their order of occurrence; used in fictional narratives, biography, autobiography, and historical writing |
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| A word that means the same thing or similar as another word |
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| Information that is true or false |
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| Two effects are related by this when brings about the other; helps writer show the relationship between two ideas or events; way of organization for writing |
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| A force working against the main character in a story, play, or novel; can be another character, a force of nature, society itself, or an internal force within the main character |
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| People, animals, or imaginary creatures who take part in the action of a work of literature; display character traits; usually have reasons for their behaviors; kinds: main, minor, dynamic, static |
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| The main character in a story, play, or novel; involved in main conflict; undergoes changes as the plot runs its course |
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| A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things using the word like or as |
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| One who remains the same throughout the story |
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| One who undergoes important changes as the plot unfolds |
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| A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens |
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| Saying one thing meaning another |
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| Events turn out differently than expected |
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| When the audience knows more than the characters |
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| A major division within play, similar to a chapter in a book; divides into scenes; plays can have up to 5 of these |
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| Written conversation between two or more characters; used for readers to bring characters to life and to give insights into the characters' qualities traits, and reactions to other characters |
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| (Play) A form of literature meant to be performed by actors in front of an audience; characters' dialogue and actions tell the story |
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| Abbreviation of word property; refers to any physical object that is used in a drama |
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| Where actors perform a play to the audience |
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| The instructions to the actors, director, and stage crew in the script of a play; might suggest scenery, lighting, sound effects, and way actors speak and move |
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| Each presents an episode of the play's plot and typically occurs at a single place and time |
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| A painted backdrop or other structures used to create the setting for a play |
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| A short account of an event that is usually intended to entertain or make a point |
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| The time and place of the action in a story, poem or play; sometimes well-defined and clear; other times for readers to imagine; elements: geographic location, history period, season, time of day, and culture |
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| A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader |
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| A theme stated directly in the story |
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| A theme suggested by the title, character's actions or said, setting, and/or plot events |
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| A judgement based on what you know and what the author tells you |
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| An overall opinion formed when you are finished reading |
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| A person, place, or thing that represents something other than itself |
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Compare- show similarities
Contrast- show differences |
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Problem- the issue
Solution- the resolve |
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| A short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject that usually reflects the writer's experiences, feelings, and personality |
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| Writing that represents information and ideas |
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| Writing that is convincing you to do something or make a choice |
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| When you take the main idea in a writing and put it into your own words |
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| To take out one individual and applying it to every individual in a group |
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| The qualities shown by a character (physical and expression of personality) |
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| The way a writer creates and develops characters |
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| An interruption of the action to present events that took place at an earlier time |
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| A word that is or nearly is the opposite of another word |
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| A type of fiction that is highly imaginative and portrays events, settings, or characters that are unreal; never is going to happen |
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| May happen; fiction in which a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future, using known scientific data and theories as well as his or her imagination |
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| a category in which a work of literature is classified; major: nonfiction, fiction, drama, and poetry |
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| The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for a reader; descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language influences this |
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| a short story or novel that is set in the past and includes real places and real events of past importance |
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| Reasons why a character is behaving in a way |
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| Voice that tells the story; sometimes character in story; other times not part of story; WRITER IS NOT THE SAME AS THIS |
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| A long work of fiction; product of writer's imagination; can develop characters mor thoroughly than in short story |
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| Refers to how a writer chooses to narrate a story; first-person- character in story that narrates; third-person- person not in story that narrates |
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| A work of fiction that centers on a single idea and can be read in one sitting; generally has one main conflict that involves the characters and keeps the story moving |
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| Namwe that is attached to a writing; usually refers to an important aspect of writing |
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| The changing part of the story that is usually the most exciting part; it's in the climax |
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| A short work of nonfiction that deals with a single subject; there are types of these: expostitory, persuasive, personal, and critical |
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| The central or most important idea about a topic that a writer or speakers conveys; can be central idea of entire work or just a paragraph; usually expressed in topic sentence; can be implied or suggested by details but uasually suggested by details |
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