SPMS Literary Vocabulary 7th
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- plot
- Plot is what happens in a story. It consists of a series of related episodes, one growing out of another.
- complication
- One or more of the characters act to resolve the conflict.
- climax
- A story’s most emotional or suspenseful moment. Point where the conflict is decided one way or another
- resolution
- The last part of the story. This is where the loose ends of the story are tied up and the story is closed.
- alliteration
- Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together (e.g., tongue twisters.
- onomatopoeia
- Use of words with sounds that echo their sense (e.g., crash, bang, hiss).
- inference
- An educated guess based on evidence.
- character
- Person or animal who takes part in the action of the story.
- conflict
- Struggle or lash between opposing characters or opposing forces.
- theme
- The main idea of the story, the discovery about life and what we take away from it.
- context clues
- The surrounding words and sentences used to figure out the meaning of a word.
- main idea
- The most important thing the writer has to say in a paragraph or selection. The main idea may be directly stated or implied.
- description
- Kind of writing that creates a clear image of something, usually by using details that appeal to one or more of our senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch).
- chronological order
- Arranged in or according to the order of time.
- flashback
- The introduction of a past event into a story or motion picture; also : this past event.
- first person point of view
- When a character tells a story using the pronoun "I".
- internal conflict
- An internal conflict takes place within a character’s own mind.
- narrative poetry
- Narrative poetry is poetry that tells a story.