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| repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
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| a reference to another person, place, event, or other work of art |
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| outcome of the conflict in the story |
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| organized pattern of events (action) |
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| attitude the writer has toward his subject (story) |
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| character the action centers around (main character or characters) |
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fiction
longer than a short story |
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| action that follows the turning point |
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complex
highly developed
many traits and emotions |
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| story goes back to an earlier event |
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| reader (or audience)knows something the character does not know |
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| things that make the reader unsure about the outcome |
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piont of great tension
determines the outcome of the story |
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| written in complete sentences |
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| character who opposes the main (central) character (the protagonist) |
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| character who changes over the story |
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| story told from the vantage point of "he" or "she" |
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| the narrator's perspective ("I") |
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| character who stays the same through the story |
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exaggerates
says one thing and means something else |
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| the struggle between 2 opposing forces |
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| contrast between what is expected and what actually happens |
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| a vantage point from which the story is told |
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| not developed, one-sided, one trait |
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| contrast between what is said and what is really meant |
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words who sounds echo their meaning
Bam, Screech, Pow, Crack...) |
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| 2 different things being compared using "like" or "as" |
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| person, place, or thing that represents something else |
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| 2 different things compared |
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| writing or speaking that tells a story |
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| events (action) that leads to the turning point |
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| hints or clues about what will happen |
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| fiction, longer, more characters, themes, plots |
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fiction
short - read in one sitting
few characters, single theme, single plot |
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| self-written story (about yourself) |
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| future science (technology) imagination |
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| humor (funny) to criticize (put-down) |
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| Exposition / Introduction |
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| place in story where reader meets characters and gets the setting |
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events leading up
suspense builds to critical (biggest) conflict (the peak) |
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| where suspense builds to critical (biggest) conflict |
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| Events after suspense builds to critical (biggest) conflict |
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| character who serves as a contrast for another character |
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