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tone

Front

the attitude the author adopts towards the story or characters; tone helps the reader determine the author's feelings towards the theme/topic

Back

plot

Front

sequence of events in story

Back

imagery

Front

painting a picture with words using sensory details, typically using metaphors, allusions, descriptive words, similes to awaken the readers senses

Back

anthropomorphism

Front

the act of lending a human quality, emotion or ambition to a non-human object or being throughout an entire story; increases the readers ability to relate to the character

Back

setting

Front

all the details of time and place in which the story occurs

Back

metaphor

Front

one subject is implied to be another to draw comparison between their similarities

Back

rhyme

Front

pattern of sounds that is created using words that produce the similar sounds

Back

alliteration

Front

repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more words that are near one another

Back

symbolism

Front

an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

Back

simile

Front

compares two unrelated things using "as" or "such as" or "like"

Back

characters

Front

the people in the story

Back

protagonist

Front

the leading character; the advocate of a particular idea

Back

personification

Front

attaches human traits with inanimate objects and animals

Back

5 Elements of Story

Front

setting, characters, plot, conflict, theme

Back

foreshadowing

Front

hints at the ending or upcoming events in the story

Back

onomatopoeia

Front

words that imitate the natural sound it makes

Back

antagonist

Front

the person actively opposing the protagonist

Back

5 Element of Plot

Front

introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action/denouement, conclusion

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theme

Front

the main idea of the story; the underlying issue; the universal truth

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conflict

Front

the problem at the root of the story's action; the tension that drives the story

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