the time and place where the story takes place

the sequence of events that make up a story

the conclusion or solution to the story

the people or animals that take part in the stories sction

the perspective of a character, first, second, or third

the perspective of a character inside of the story

the perspective of a narrator outside of the story

a message about life that the story conveys to it

the voice telling the story

the narrator is outside of the story but only sees the events through the eyes of one character; uses the pronouns he or she

the narrator is outside of the story and narrates looking in on the story; you can see emotions, motives, and actions of ALL characters; uses the pronouns like she or he

central character, usually the hero or heroine/female hero

the opponent, usually the villian

dictionary definition of the world

the feelings attached to the word

comparing unlike things using like or as

comparing unlike things by saying one things is another

obvious exaggeration

A play on words, using words that have a double meaning or that sound the same but have different meanings

a author painting the picture with words

a two or three word phrase that contains opposite ideas or words

giving human objects or actions to a non-human object

repetition of beginning constant sounds in a group of words

sound words

problem or struggle

type of literature; ex. mystery, drama, or romance

interruption in the story to tell an event of the past

hinting on something that will happen in the future

ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated; are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.

a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or something that happened; can be real or imaginary

the use of word to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; a statement or situation where the meaning is contradicted by the appearance or presentation of the idea

when the intended meaning of a statement differs from what the words appear or express

involves the reader (or audience) knowing something about whats happening in the plot, about which the character(s) have no idea

sometimes called the irony of events, is most broadly defined as a situation where the outcome is incongruous with what was expected

The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly

writing that explains an idea or teaches a process; informative

writing that tells a story

made-up or imaginary happenings as opposed to statements of fact or nonfiction

prose writing about real people, places, and events

writing which supports one side of a controversial or debatable issue

organized according to time sequence of events

a mark of punctuation, consisting of three dots, to indicate an omission

a punctuation mark used to indicate an abrupt break in thought

a struggle between opposing forces (man vs. nature, man vs. man, man vs. himself)

the author's main reason for writing

the feeling about a scene or a subject created by a writer's selection of words and details

an author's typical way of writing; involves how something is said, rather than what is said

a writer's attitude or manner of expression—detached, ironic, etc. (how the writer feels about the topic)

a comparison between two things, based on one or more elements that they share, that can help the reader visualize an idea

pattern of rhyming lines in a poem

The subject of the sentence receives the action.

The subject of the sentence performs the action

A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun

to + verb

verb form used as an adjective

when a verb expresses a condition which is doubtful, not reality, or not factual.

used for statements of fact

A verb mood expressing a question

a verb mood used for commands

A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.