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- Theme
- The main or central idea.
- Omniscient Narrator
- Who appears to know everything about the story being told. Even what they think.
- Third-Person Narrator
- Does not describe his or her role in the action.
- First-Person Narrator
- Refer to themselves as "I". inderictly or directly involved.
- Third-Person Limited Narrator
- Observe the situation from the outside through senses and thoughts of a character.
- Inference
- The attempt to generalize on the basis of limited info.
- Characterization
- Graphic or vivid verbal description.
- Direct Characterization
- Stating or describing a characters traits.
- Indirect Characterization
- Showing a characters personality through his or her actions, thoughts,feelings,words,appearance
- Character Trait
- A characters traits. Examples: Awkward,Bossy,Brave,Dull,Fearful.
- Motivation
- Learners orientation with regard to goal. Behavior.
- Protagonist
- Main Character. Most Important
- Antagonist
- Opponet. Opposing in conflict with the main character.
- Exposition
- A setting forth of meaning or intent.
- Plot
- The sequence in events in a story.
- Conflict
- Natural disagreement. Refer to attitudes,beliefs,values or needs.
- Internal Conflict
- Is a struggle of opposing forces within a character.
- External Conflict
- Is a struggle with another character against nature,society, or fate.
- Resolution
- The End. Where things clear up.
- Climax
- Most intense conflict/crisis, ussualy very close to the end.
- Setting
- Time and place in which action occurs.
- Round Character
- A character with complex, and many-sided moral qualaties.
- Flat Character
- Only has one or two distiguishing moral qualaties.
- Suspense
- Uncertainty, being unsure about something.
- Flashback
- Before time of the current narration or current events.
- Nonfiction
- True info, Not a made up story.
- Autobiography
- Written by the subject.
- Memoir
- Memory
- Biography
- Written history of a persons life.
- Essay
- Moderately breif prose composition on a limited topic.
- Formal Essay
- serious written discussion through which a writer conveys a viewpoint.
- Personal Essay
- Short composition that deals with a subject drawn directly from a writers life.
- Personification
- Ascribing human characteristics to animals,ideas,or inanimate objects.
- Narrative Essay
- A narration tells a story of an event or experience.
- Expository Essay
- Other peoples views or to report about an event or situation.
- Persuasive Essay
- Short composition intended to sway readers to the writers point of view.