sophomore English semester test

The series of events consisting of characters, actions and conflict in a story.

• setting

• theme

• plot

• mood

The environment or surrounding in which an event or story takes place.

• mood

• external conflict

• setting

• plot

An educated guess drawn from evidence or reasoning.

• clue

• textual evidence

• motivation

• inference

Actions, dialogue, and narrative description that reveal a character's personality to the reader.

• Setting

• Characterization

• Personalization

• Flashback

The struggle occurring within the character's mind.

• Internal Conflict

• External Conlict

• Mind Conflict

• Decision Conflict

_{A universal life lesson about life or human nature. The message of the story.}

• Plot

• Summary

• Central Idea

• Theme

An atmosphere created by a writer's word choice and the details selected; the emotions of a scene; how it makes the reader feel.

• tone

• monotone

• mood

• foreshadowing

Creates a surprise ending that defies the audience's exception. (We expect one thing, but we get another).

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• ironing board

Where a character says the opposite of what they mean.

• Verbal Irony

• Situational Irony

• Dramatic Irony

• Flat iron

Where a writer/narrator gives an advance hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. Any event, action, dialogue or thought that gives a clue to what is going to happen.

• irony

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• theme