Where and when the story takes place

the central idea or message of a work, the insight or "life lesson" it gives the reader

A brief statement of the main events in a story

The time order in which events happen

used to convince or persuade the reader to agree with the writer's point of view

A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or the causes of natural phenomena

The story of a person's life, written by that person in 1st person point of view

the perspective from which a story is told

told from the viewpoint of the narrator within the story, using pronouns "I" and "We"

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character

Told by an all-knowing narrator from outside the story who reveals what every character thinks and feels

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words (Silly Sally sells seashells by the seashore)

Giving human qualities to non-human things (wind whistling)

Comparison using like or as ( the car was as cold as ice)

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as (Her eyes are blue jewels)

An expression with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the words (It's raining cats and dogs)

When a portion of the story goes back in time

The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot

To draw a reasonable conclusion from the information presented (put a clue together from text evidence with your good brain)

words and phrases that create imagery by using the 5 senses

Words that represent sounds (boom, pow, bang)

The pattern of rhyme in a poem (ABAB)

The person who is telling the story

overstating the facts (we will all be doomed if you don't take a stand now!) Key words: always, never, anyone

elaborate exaggeration (I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!, I walked a million miles)

The beginning of the story - introduces the setting, characters and the problem

The bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem (conflict)

turning point in the action of the story-the character faces the problem head-on (highest point of action)

the point in as story where the conflict begins to be resolved (things start to wind down and the story comes to an end)

The ending or outcome of the story

non-fiction writing-to inform or instruct the reader

The reason the author has for writing (inform, persuade, or entertain)

Language that means more than what it says on the surface; not actual or literal meaning

the events that make up a story (what happens in the story)

A word part that can be added to the BEGINNING of a word to make up a new word

A word part that can be added to the end of a word to make a new word

Similar to a sentence, but in a poem

similar to a paragraph, but in a poem

The emotional meaning of a word-how it makes you feel-can be positive or negative