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___ ___ refers to the series of event, various complications, and conflicts that occur leading up to the climax.
Rising action
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___ is the moment of greatest emotional intensity or suspense in the plot, and is often called the turning point.
Climax
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During the ___ (between the climax and resolution), the final stage of the story’s plot is resolved.
denouement
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___ is the ending of the story where the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
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___ is the use of clues that hint at events that will occur later in the plot.
Foreshadowing
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___ is the difference between what is expected and what actually happens.
Irony
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___ is a feeling of growing tension or excitement.
Suspense
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___ is when an author uses concrete, real objects to represent an idea.
Symbolism
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The ___ is the atmosphere or feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader.
mood
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___ ___ is a problem that a character must overcome by himself or herself.
Internal conflict
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___ ___ is a problem the character has with another character, nature, or society.
External conflict
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___ ___ is the way an author depicts a character through actions, speech, thoughts and feelings, and other characters reactions.
Indirect characterization
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___ ___ occurs when the authors actually states a character’s traits or qualities.
Direct characterization
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A ___ is the main character in a story.
protagonist
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An ___ is the character or force that opposes the protagonist in a story.
antagonist
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___ is the author’s message/perception about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work.
Theme
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___ ___ point of view is when the story is told by a character in the story and uses the pronoun “I.”
First person
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In ___ ___ ___ point of view the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of a single character using the pronouns he, she, they.
third person limited
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In ___ ___ ___ point of view the narrator plays no part in the story and possesses a god-like perspective (sees all and knows all) using the pronouns he, she, they.
third person omniscient
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An author’s voice is ___ when he or she includes opinions.
subjective
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An author’s voice is ___ when it is factual, expressed without an opinion.
objective
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___ ___ is the ability to analyze several responses to literature and determine how the literary elements shape those responses.
Literary criticism
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Well organized essays balance all aspects of the ___ and use effective ___ to unify and connect sentences and paragraphs.
composition/transitions
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Techniques an author can use as an “___ ___”/ “___” include dialogue, rhetorical questions, action, description, statistics, anecdote or quotations.
attention-getter/hook
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A ___ ___ is a thought provoking question that you don’t expect an answer to.
rhetorical question
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A ___ ___ (1-2 sentences) is the controlling idea and major argument(s) that support the main idea for an essay and is included in the introductory paragraph.
thesis statement
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The ___ ___ tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
topic sentence
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___ ___ and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts, quotes, and statistics helps to create clear, coherent essays.
Supporting statements
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An ___ is a brief narrative/story told to illustrate a point.
anecdote
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A ___ is a group of exact words a character says or lifting or copying the original words the author uses.
quotation
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