Milestones Review of Terms

The way a text is organized.

I like cats...what point of view?

Repeated same consonant sounds.

Characters who CHANGE throughout the story

A sentence made up of two or more simple sentences.

A story that is based on something real

The problem that the main character faces

A comparison to a historical mythical, or literary person, place, or event.

Batman and the joker...what type of conflict?

The type of non-fiction that tells the story of a person's life.

The character is fighting a battle in his or her own mind

A major turning point in the story, usually the most exiting part!

The person telling the story or essay

A sentence that expresses one complete thought.

The perspective of the narrator who knows everything about all the characters and events.

A word that connects ideas, conveys sequence clearly, shows time passing, or shifts a setting.

The words selected by a writer to strengthen the impact of his or her argument.

When a character has conflict with some type of weather such as a tornado or tsunami

A sentence made up of one simple sentence and a dependent clause.

The main character in a fiction story, drama or passage

The character or thing that is against the protagonist in a story

A text originzation in which the author presents ideas and concepts in the order they happen.

A speaker or character who tells a story

An exaggeration that makes things appear greater or less than they really are.

Educated guess based on evidence not stated

Something that goes before.

In a drama, the actions and events between the climax and the resolution.

A play on the multiple meanings of a word or two words that sound alike.

Cats are shy animals.

A text organization in which the author shows the relationship between ideas or actions.

The perspective of the narrator of a story who knows only one characters thoughts and feelings.

The main reason an author has for writing a text.

The most important idea the author is trying to communicate.

The overall feeling that a story creates for the reader

Where the story takes place

The president is dealing with a hurricane in New Orleans...what type of conflict?

Something that provides verification

A type of figurative language in which human qualities are given to nonliving things.

The lesson of the story.

The authors attitude towards a story or an essay

A conflict with a character that has conflict with another character

A type of figurative language that compare two things or ideas using like or as.

The act of copying text word for word without giving the author credit.

To retell ideas from a text in one's own words.

A character in the story that does not change much

A type of figurative language that compare two things but does not use the words like or as.

Never let your friends go.

The opposite viewpoint of the one given in the text.

A pronoun that shows who owns something.

A category of types of books