What is the term for the underlying message or big idea of a story?

Which term describes the use of creative language to express ideas that are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level?

What is the term for the part of the story that sets up the main characters and the setting?

Which term is used to describe the events in a story that lead to the climax?

What is the term for the high point of interest or suspense in a story?

Which term refers to the struggle occurring within a character's mind?

What term is not directly related to the elements of a story's plot?

What term is used to describe text that contains figurative language, stanzas, rhyme schemes, and line breaks?

What is the term for the part of the story that introduces the characters and setting?

What is the climax of a story?

What is the term for the conflict that occurs within a character?

What does the term "resolution" refer to in a story?

What are words that are not meant to be taken literally called?

What are words that appeal to the senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell) called?

What is an extreme exaggeration used to emphasize a point known as?

What is the purpose of an author telling a fun/sad/etc. story?

What are written conversations between two or more characters called?

What is the most interesting point of the story, where the character is face to face with the conflict, called?

What is a story meant to be performed in front of an audience called?

What is the major division in a play/drama, equivalent to parts of books, called?

What is a pattern of rhyming words in a poem called?

What term is used to describe the main character in a story?

Which term refers to a commonly held belief about a group that oversimplifies their characteristics?

What is the term for the lesson or message that a story is trying to convey to the reader?

Which literary device involves the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in multiple words close together?

What is a simile?

What is a metaphor?

What term describes the central issue or struggle in a story?

Who is the narrator in a story?

What is the term for the repetition of a sound at the beginning of a word?

What is a literary device that compares two things that are not alike and does not use "like" or "as"?

Which term describes a comparison between two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"?

Who is typically the principal or main character in a story?

What is the term for an important lesson that teaches the reader about right and wrong?

Who is the person telling the story, the speaker?

What is the term for a struggle between two forces in a story?

What are the two types of conflict that can occur in a story?

What is the term for the point in a plot where the story begins to draw to a close?

What is a story set in a time earlier than the main story called?

What term describes the qualities shown by a character, such as speech, thinking, effects on others, acting, and looking?

What is a writing that tells an imaginary or made-up story?

Who is typically responsible for writing a play?

What is it called when an author provides hints that suggest future events in the story?

What term is used to describe the instructions in a script that tell actors how they should move or speak their lines?

Which term refers to the development and portrayal of a personality through thought, action, dialogue, costuming, and makeup?

What is the term for a literary device where human qualities are given to animals, objects, or ideas?

Which term refers to a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse?

What is the term for a struggle between a character and an outside force such as nature, another character, or society?

Which term refers to a division of an act into smaller parts in a play?

What is the term for an expressive use of language, such as a metaphor or simile, used to convey meaning or heighten effect?

What are stage directions in a play?

What is it called when human-like qualities are given to something non-human?

Which term describes the people, animals, or things that are the main focus of a story?

What does the acronym STEAL stand for in character analysis?

What is language used in a non-literal sense called?

What is a group of lines that form a unit in a poem called?

What are parts in a play/drama similar to chapters in a book called?

What type of conflict involves a character struggling against a force outside of himself/herself?

What does it mean to retell the main parts or ideas from a text?

Which key words suggest that a story is being told by a character within the selection?

When a narrator is outside the story and uses words like "he," "she," "they," and "them," this is known as what point of view?

What does it mean when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character?

What is the term for the most important idea about a topic that the writer is trying to show?

What is the purpose of using a strategy for questions in order to better understand and rationalize them?

What is the purpose of an informational text?

What is a key feature of informational/non-fiction texts?

What is "Appeal" associated with in the context of the document?

What is meant by text that can be "proven or verified as true"?

What type of writing tells you about real people, places, and events?

What is the purpose of information that supports your point?

What is the term for when the author tries to persuade the reader through emotions or logic (evidence)?

What term is used to describe the other side of the author's argument or claim?

Which of the following are used to help the reader understand the main points and structure of a text?

What are examples of visual elements that can accompany a text?

What is the term for a drawing that explains how something works and includes labels?

Which of the following best describes the way an author organizes text?

What are common formats in which an author might present their position or problem supported by reasons, opinions, or evidence?

Which term refers to the examination of similarities and differences between two things?

What is the term used for the main argument or point that an author is trying to convey in a piece of writing?

Which term describes a text that is factual and informative, but written in a creative, engaging style?

What is the term for the technique used to convince the reader of the author's point of view?

What term is used for smaller titles that indicate what information will come up in a section or paragraph?

What is a story that is made up but based on real events called?

Which of the following best describes elements that help support the central idea of a text?

What is it called when an author presents something that happened and explains the consequences of the event?

What is the term for when an author presents a problem and ways to solve it?

What does it mean to win someone over or convince them of something?

What is the main proposition that a writer attempts or supports in a piece of writing called?

What term is used to describe the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic?

Which term refers to the general feeling or atmosphere that a piece of writing creates within the reader?

What is the term for the attitude of the writer towards a subject or an audience?

What do we call a small piece taken from a longer work, such as a book or article?

Which term describes hints within the text that help the reader figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases?

When the reader comes to a conclusion based on clues in the text

An example of alliteration is...

Anything that stands for or represents something else...

The flowers danced in the wind. What is the an example of?

Language that communicates ideas beyond the ordinary, literal meaning of words.