All Summer in a Day Vocabulary

a device or set of equipment used for a specific purpose

• apparatus

• plot

• setting

• exposition

shows how the conflict moves the plot forward

• rising action

• falling action

• climax

• resolution

comparisons of 2 things that just states it directly without using "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• climax

• exposition

comparisons that use the word "like" or "as"

• simile

• metaphor

• antonym

• synonym

a word with the opposite meaning

• synonym
• antonym
• homonym
• acronym

a word that has the same or similar meaning as another word

• antonym

• synonym

final part of the story

• Introduction
• rising action

• resolution

• climax

tension eases during the plot element and events unfold as a result of climax

• falling action

• rising action

• resolution

• internal conflict

the turning point of the story

• The climax
• The introduction
• The conclusion
• The exposition

introduces main character and setting; usually the confilce

• Exposition
• Rising Action
• Climax
• Falling Action