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| Author's Purpose | What the author wants to do...entertain, persuade, or inform |
| Theme | The life lesson the author wants you to learn |
| Plot | Series of related events...Summary |
| Plot Chart | Diagram of the plot. Follows a timeline |
| Introduction | Beginning of the story that introduces the characters and the setting |
| Rising Action | Events in the story that lead to the climax. These events create tension. |
| Climax | Turning point in the story |
| Falling Action | Events that lead to the resolution |
| Resolution | The ending of the story where all the problems are solved |
| Setting | Time and place of a story. Where or when |
| Imagery | Words the author uses to paint a picture in the reader's mind. To create images. |
| Character | A person or animal in the story. |
| Characterization | The process of showing a character to the reader. Shows their traits and personality |
| Protagonist | The leading character or hero in the novel. |
| Antagonist | The villainous character in the story. |
| Dynamic Character | A character who changes in the story. |
| Flat Character | A character that you really do not get to know very well in a story. |
| Round Character | A character you really get to know well in the story. You know their likes and dislikes. |
| Static Character | A character that stays the same throughout the whole story. |
| Point of View | The perspective or vantage point from which the story is told. |
| 1st Person Point of View | A character in the story is telling the story. |
| 3rd Person Point of View | Someone outside the story is telling the story. A narrator |
| Internal Conflict | A conflict that takes place inside of the main character. Such as to tell the truth or lie, to grieve over the death of a loved one. |
| External Conflict | A conflict that occurs outside of the main character. Such as a war, verbal argument or a storm. |
| Flashback | A scene that breaks the normal time order of the plot and shows a past event. |
| Foreshadowing | The use of details that hint at events that will occur later in the story. |
| Mood/Tone | The attitude the author takes towards the audience, a subject, or a main character. |
| Personification | When human characteristics are given to nohuman things. |
| Compare/Contrast | To find or show similarities or differences between two otherwise different things. Usually we use a Venn Diagram. |
| Symbolism | When a person, place, thing, or event has its own meaning and stands for something beyond itself as well. Such as a dove stands for peace. |
| Irony | The contrast between what is expected and what really happens. Such as a large animal being afraid of a very tiny one. |
| Cliffhanger | The suspensful ending to a chapter or story that makes the reader want to keep reading. |
| Suspense | The anxious curiosity you feel about what will happen next in the story. |
| Dialect | A way of speaking that is characteristic of a particular region or a group of people. |
| Dialogue | A conversion between two or more characters in the story. |
| Genre | Different types of books. |
| Fiction | Writing that is made-up, not true. |
| Realistic Fiction | A made-up story that could really happen. |
| Historical Fiction | Imaginative story that has facts from events in the past. |
| Fantasy | Imaginative story that takes readers to an invented world where the laws of nature do not apply. |
| Folktale | Stories handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation. |
| Nonfiction | Stories that are true and factual. |
| Autobiography | A story of a person's life that is written by that person. |
| Biography | A story about a person's life that is written by someone else. |
| Idioms | Words or phrases that can not be interpreted literally. Such as it is raining cats and dogs. |
| Hyperbole | An extreme exaggeration. Such as I have a ton of homework. |
| Simile | A comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as. |
| Metaphor | A form of comparison that directly compares two unlike things. |
| Antonyms | A word meaning the opposite of another word. |
| Synonyms | A word that means the same as another word. |
| Rhyme | The repetition of the accented vowel sound and the sounds that follow them. Such as cat and hat. |
| Refrain | A repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines in poetry. |
| Onomatopoeia | A word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Such as boom or buzz. |
| Alliteration | The repetition of the same consonant sounds in words close together. Such as she sold seashells at the seashore. |
| Cause/Effect | The reasons for the following result. |
