Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ELA (Michael Vey)
Vey (part I)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the time and place of a story | setting |
| the problem of a story, or, a struggle between two opposing forces | conflict |
| usually the "bad guy, " the one who opposes the main character of the story | antagonist |
| the feeling created by the story's author (playful, serious, tense, lighthearted, mysterious, sad, etc.) | mood |
| the storyteller | narrator |
| the event that gets a story started (such as the attack on Michael by the school bullies) | inciting incident |
| a reference to a well-known person or event (such as Michael referring to a David-and-Goliath match | allusion |
| hints or clues that an author leaves about what will take place later (such as having Michael say that he "should have" told his mom that he loved her) | foreshadowing |
| usually the "good guy" of the story, the main character | protagonist |
| to return the favor (example: to hold a door open for someone after he or she held it open for you) | reciprocate |
| an instrument that Ostin used to measure Michael's voltage output | multimeter |
| background section of a story intended to EXPOSE readers to what they need to know about characters and their situation | exposition |
| the kind of narrative in which a character is telling the story and uses pronouns such as "I," "me," "my," etc. | first person |
| the kind of narrative in which the storyteller is unseen and does not refer to himself | third person |
Created by:
wmork
Popular English Vocabulary sets