the author tells your explicitly what a character is like

• point of view

• character traits

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

the standpoint from which a story is told

• point of view

• 1st person

• mood

• exposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

the anxiety a reader feels about what may happen next in a story

• metaphor

• climax

• suspense

• irony

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

the most exciting or intense part of the story; a turning point

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

where the setting, characters, and basic situation are revealed

• exposition

• dynamic character

• theme

• foreshadowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a comparison of unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar thing

• simile

• tone

• character trait

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

the atmosphere or feeling created by a work of literature

• point of view

• mood

• realistic fiction

• resolution

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

a character that remains the same throughout the story

• static character

• dynamic character

• character trait

• suspense

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

what happens is the opposite of what we expect would happen

• mood

• tone

• irony

• rising action

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5A

time and place of a story

• climax

• theme

• setting

• antagonist

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C