Qt. 4 Vocabulary

Alliteration –The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of several words.

Climax-The high point or most exciting point in a story.

Conflict-The struggle faced by the main character.

Exposition- The first part of a typical story’s plot.

Falling Action-The stage in the plot when the story begins to draw to a close.

Main Idea- The central idea in a story.

Mood-the feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

Plot-the sequence of events that make up the action of a story.

1st person point of view-the vantage point from which a story is told using the pronouns I, me, us and we outside of the quotations.

3rd person omniscient- the vantage point from which a story is told using the pronouns she, he, and they outside of the quotations. Knows all.

resolution- the ending of a story.

rhyme-the repetition of the same sounds at the end of the words.

Rising action- the stage in the plot that develops the struggle.

Setting- the time and place the events of a story occur.

Simile- a comparison of two things essentially unlike using the words like and as.

She is as sharp as a tack.

Stanza- a group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.

Theme- the lesson, message, or moral of a story.

Tone-the attitude a writer has towards his or her work.