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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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The bad person in a story
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Antagonist
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When a story is told in the order that events actually happened
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Chronological order
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The highest point of excitement
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Climax
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The problem in the story
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Conflict
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Words spoken by the character
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Dialogue
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A story that is not true
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Fiction
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Words not meant to be taken literally
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Figurative Language
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When the action of a story is interrupted by a scene from the past
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Flashback
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Hints in a story to what is going to happen next
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Foreshadowing
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Word-pictures
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Imagery
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When the opposite of what you expect happens
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Irony
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An unlike comparison 'NOT' using "like" or "as"
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Metaphor
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The way the reader feels when reading the story
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Mood
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The lesson that is taught
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Moral
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The person telling the story
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Narrator
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Words imitating sounds
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Onomatopoeia
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Giving a non-human subject human qualities
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Personification
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The sequence of events
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Plot
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The angle from which the story is told
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Point-of-View
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The good person in a story
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Protagonist
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Where and when the story takes place
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Setting
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An unlike comparison using the words "like" or "as"
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Simile
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Something representing something else
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Symbol
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The author's attitude towards the characters in a story
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Tone
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The repetition of the initial consonant at the beginning of words
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Alliteration
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A similarity between two or more items
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Comparison
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A difference between two or more items
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Contrast
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A conclusion can be made from available information
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Inference
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The author's intention or goal for writing a work
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Purpose
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The central idea of a story
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Theme
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