| A | B |
|---|
| setting | where the story takes place |
| characters | a person in a novel, play, or movie. |
| conflict | struggle within the text |
| theme | the message |
| author's purpose- persuade | The author is trying to convince the reader to believe or do something |
| author's purpose- inform | Providing information about a subject |
| author's purpose - entertain | Author providing enjoyable story |
| memoir | A type of non-fiction in which an author tells about memorable time in his or her own life |
| Poetry | Combining of the sounds and meaning of words to express feelings. |
| imagery | -Mental Images (pictures in your head) |
| repetition | Repeating words, phrases, and lines |
| rhyme | Words that end in the same sound |
| alliteration | The repetition in constant sound |
| denotation | Dictionary/Literal definition of a word |
| connotation | A word created based on social and emotional feelings. |
| plot | a series of events in a story |
| exposition | The opening of the story, characters and setting is introduced |
| rising action | Events leading up to the climax |
| climax | The most interesting exciting point in the story |
| falling action | The actions that the character takes to resolve the conflict |
| resolution | The story comes to an end; conflict is resolved. |
