Fiction ELA Terms Review

Fictional characters with events in a historical setting

A character who stays the same during the story

Genre with informational facts

A character you only know 1 or 2 things about

Most often, the theme is developed through what two things?

The use of words to imitate sounds (bang, pow, pop...)

The narrator is NOT in the story and only knows ONE person's thoughts and feelings

A story that takes place in the future and has scientific advances in technology

Time and place of a story

The writer's attitude toward the subject they're writing about

What type of conflict? Suzy is sooo nervous about asking out David to the dance.

Words with repeated beginning sounds (ex: sally sells seashells)

A category or type of literature (fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, etc)

The narrator is NOT in the story and knows EVERYONE'S thoughts and feelings

The sequence of events in a literary work

Feelings or ideas associated with a word (your definition)

The turning point or high point in a story

What is the dictionary definition of a word called?

The comparison of two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

When the author gives clues and hints as to what might happen later in the story

A conversation between characters

Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics

A person, object or action that represents something else

The overall atmosphere of a literary work (how the reader feels)

Struggle between opposing forces

Which type of conflict is this? Sam got arrested for stealing a car.

A well-developed character- you know a lot about them

The narrator is in the story and uses words like I, ME, MINE, WE, US

A speaker or character who tells a story

Mrs. DiTommaso's, Mrs. Lenert's and Mrs. Miller's students will try their best on the test!

Which type of conflict is this? Another classmate is spreading rumors about you.

The message for everyone in a story

Which type of conflict is this? The Batman tries to capture or kill the Joker.

Story with magic and things that wouldn't exist in today's world.

The comparison of two things using "like" or "as"

When an author interrupts the present moment to tell what happened in the past

Which type of conflict is this? I went skiing and there was an avalanche. 

A character who changes during the story