1. Essential Skills Quarter 1
Mrs. CB
Started September 13/14

2. Plot Exposition Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution
Introduces characters, setting, problem
Rising Action
Includes all decisions, characters’ flaws, and background circumstances that together create turns and twists leading to a climax
Climax
The turning point of the story
Falling Action
The main problem of the story resolves
Resolution
The unraveling or untying of the plot; the conclusion of the story

3. Setting
Refers to the time and place a story occurs

4. Point of View (POV) 1st: someone is telling his/her story (I)
2nd: reader being told how he/she should do something (You)
3rd person limited: narrator only knows the thoughts/feelings of one character
3rd person omniscient: narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all characters

5. Character Types Dynamic- character changes throughout the story
Round- character given many characteristics
Static- character does not change throughout the story
Flat- character given one/few characteristics
Stereotype-
Caricature-

6. Tone
The writer’s attitude toward a subject

7. Mood
A literary element that evokes (brings out) certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions

8. Simile
A figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using like or as
Ex. She’s as brave as a lion.

9. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Ex. I had fallen through a trapdoor of depression.

10. Personification
The attribution (assigning) of a personal nature or human characteristic to something nonhuman.
Ex. The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.

11. Analogy
A similarity between the features of two things, on which a comparison may be based.
Ex. Light: heavy as tired: energized

12. Symbolism
The act of giving objects meaning that is different from their original meaning or function.
Ex. The color red is normally symbolic of passion, anger, or bloodshed

13. Imagery
The author’s use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work.
Ex. I could hear the popping and crackling as mom dropped the bacon into the frying pan, and soon the salty, greasy smell wafted toward me.

14. Hyperbole
Extremely exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
Ex. I’m literally going to die if I have to run another lap.