First Test: Basics Flashcards
(30 cards)
Exposition
Describes and sets up the story, introduces characters, setting, and conflict.
Rising Action
Related events that develop conflict and climax.
Climax
The turning point of the story.
Falling Action
After the climax, where the tension starts to decrease, and lead to the ending.
Resolution
The ending where all questions are answered.
Alliteration
A repetition of the same first letter in a sentence. All the words start with the same letter.
Allusion
A reference to something in the outside world.
Antagonist
The villain
Characterization
How a character develops through the story.
Conflict
Struggle between opposing forces.
Diction
Word choice and phrasing
Figurative Language
Language representing one thing with something dissimilar.
Foreshadowing
A hint to what will happen in the future
Genre
A type a book; Fantasy, Sci-fi, Nonfiction
Hyperbole
Exaggeration to a meaning
Imagery
The language that appeals to the 5 senses.
Metaphor
comparison without like or as
Personification
giving human features to something not human
Point of View
a point from where the story is told
Protagonist
the main character, hero
Setting
time and place
Simile
comparison with like or as
Stereotype
standard of something that might not be true
Symbolism
person, place, time, or thing that represents something
