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Author's Purpose

why the work was written: to entertain, to persuade, to inform, ect.

Cause & Effect

when something directly happens because of something else

chracaterlization

The process of revealing the personality of the character; Direct: the author directly tells the reader about the character (Johnny is tall, Steve is smart)



Indirect- the author uses the characters's actions and other characters to reveal the character's personality

Compare & Contract

telling the similarities and differences between two or more things

Conflicts

Problem or a struggle between opposing characters of forces




External: character struggles against an outside force




Internal: Conflict takes place entirely inside the characters own mind

Figurative Language

words or phrase that discribe one thing in terms of another

Simile

comparing 2 unlike thing using "like" or "as"

Metaphor

comparing 2 unlike things without using "like" or "as"

Idiom

is a phrase or a fixed expression that has a figurative, or sometimes literal, meaning

Hyperbole

an exaggeration

Personification

giving human characteristics to a nonhuman thing

Flashback

a scene that interrupts the present action of the plot to "flash backward" and tell what happened at an earlier time

Foreshadowing

the use of clues to hint at what will happen later in the story

Imagery

language that appeals to the sences

Mood

the feeling of work of literature

Non-fiction

prose writing that deals with real people, events, and place

Onomatopoeia

the use of a word whose sound initates or suggests its meaning

Plot

the sequence of events is a story

Rising action

events leading up to a climax of a story

Falling action

events after the climax in a story. Minor conflicts are resolved

Resolution

the end of the story. the major conflict resolved

Point of view

the vantage point from which the story is told

Protagonist

the main character

Setting

when and where the story takes place

Tone

the attitude the writer takes toward the audience, subject, or character

Voice

writer's distinct way of talking or writing