Sol Review

Front 1

Author's Purpose

Back 1

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

Front 2

Cause and Effect-

Back 2

when something happens directly because of something else.

Front 3

Characterzation-

Back 3

the process of revealing the personalitly of the character, Direct : the author directly tells the reader about the charcter ( johnny is tall, steve is smart

indirect - the author uses the characters actions and other charcters to reveal the personality

Front 4

compare and contrast.

Back 4

Telling the similarties and differences between two or more things

Front 5

Conflict-

Back 5

Promble or struggle between opposing characters or forces.

External: Character struggles against an outside force

Internal : Conflict takes place entirely inside the characters own mind.

Front 6

Figurative lauguage-

Back 6

Words or phrases that describe one thing in terms of another.

Front 7

Simile -

Back 7

Using like or as .

Front 8

Metaphor-

Back 8

comparing two things not using like or as.

Front 9

Idiom-

Back 9

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

Ex: Its raining cats and dogs .

Front 10

Hyperbole-

Back 10

An Exaggeration.

Front 11

Personification-

Back 11

Giving human characteristics to non human things.

Front 12

FlashBack

Back 12

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

Front 13

foreshadowing-

Back 13

The use of clues to hint at what happen later in a story .

Front 14

Imagery

Back 14

Language that appeals to the senses

Front 15

Mood -

Back 15

the feeling of a work of literature.

Front 16

Nonfiction

Back 16

Prose writing that deals with real people ,events ,and places.

Front 17

Onomatopeoia

Back 17

The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.

Ex Boom! Crash! SNAP! POW!

Front 18

plot

Back 18

the sequence of events in a story .

Front 19

Rising Action -

Back 19

Events leading up to a climax of the story .

Front 20

falling Action-

Back 20

Events after the climax of the story . Minor conflicts are resolved.

Front 21

Resolution-

Back 21

the major conflicts is resolved .

Front 22

Point of view

Back 22

The Vantage point from which the story is told.

Ex: 1st , 2nd, 3rd person.

Front 23

protagonist-

Back 23

The main character.

Front 24

setting-

Back 24

when and where the story take place .

Front 25

Tone

Back 25

Attitude the writer takes toward the audience, subeject , or character.

Front 26

Voice-

Back 26

writer's distinct way of talking or writing.