Nonfiction text whose purpose is to provide information about or explain a topic

Brief account of a text's central or main points, themes, or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion

Relating to the principles of right and wrong concerning human behavior; a lesson of general truth learned from a story experience

character conversation

to critically examine the components of a subject to understand its meaning and/or nature as a whole

refers to elements preceding and following an unknown or ambiguous word, phrase, or reference which can help define or identify it

Evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and /or assertions about the text itself

The subject or underlying meaning that a literary text directly or indirectly explains, develops, and/or explores

The narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from this one character's perspective

Told by a character who uses the first-person pronoun "I"

The turning point, the high point in the action of the plot. It's the moment of greatest tension, when the outcome of the plot hangs in the balance.

The story's final outcome, in which remaining conflicts are resolved or left open

The story's final outcome, in which remaining conflicts are resolved or left open

a narrator's, writer's, or speaker's position with regard to the events of a narrative; the vantage point from which one relates the events of a story or makes an argument

The sequence of events in a story, play, movie, etc.

introduces the central conflict

the narrator knows and tells about what each character feels and thinks

Events that happen after the central conflict is resolved

The introduction, the part of a story or drama that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation

The part of a story or drama where the conflict increases