Benchmark Review

The time and place in which a story happens

• Setting

• Character

• Flashback

• Allusion

A story about a series of events that include: plot, theme, characters, etc.

• Dramatic Irony

• Narrative

• Inference

• Theme

A writer’s central idea or main message

• Protagonist

• Denotation

• Theme

• Situational Irony

The sequence of related events that make a story

• Dramatic Irony

• Antagonist

• Imagery

• Plot

A writer’s way of tone, imagery, syntax to present their persona

• Voice

• Verbal Irony

• Ethos

• Tone

Words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses

• Connotation

• Imagery

• Character

• Plot

Reference to history, art, literature, or pop culture in a story

• Character

• Thematic Statement

• Allusion

• Support

Educated guess

• Conflict

• 1st Person POV

• Inference

• Climax

People, animals, or imaginary creatures that take part in the main conflict.

• Rising Action

• People

• Academic Extras

• Characters

The character that is involved in the main conflict

• Main character

• Protagonist

• Antagonist

• Villain