PSSA ELA Review #1

A scene within a story that shows or tells an event that occurred in the past.

The time and place of the action in a story.

A struggle or problem between opposing forces.

Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.

A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work

The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.

A character or force in conflict with the main character.

A contradiction between what happens and what is expected.

The main character in a literary work.

Anything that stands for or represents something else.

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

The outcome of the conflict in a plot.

A reference to a well-known person, event, place, literary work, or work of art.

A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

A figure of speech that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

In the plot of a story or drama, it introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.

The turning point or moment of highest tension in the action of the plot.

The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work.

The perspective or vantage point from which a story is told.

What is the sequence of events in a story?