English review Flashcards
What is a conflict?
The problem of the story.
What is theme?
The message of lesson of a piece of literature.
What is plot?
The sequence of events that make up a story
What is point of view?
The perspective or “eyes” the story is told from.
What is setting?
The place and time the story takes place.
What is context?
The surrounding clues to help us understand things.
What are context clues?
Hints or clues about a word in surrounding sentences.
What is exposition?
The beginning of a story where setting, characters, conflict are introduced.
What is a inciting incident?
The event or decision that begins a story’s problem.
What is rising action?
Events in the story where suspense builds, most of the story occurs in the rising action.
What is climax?
The turning point of a story, where the character faces the main conflict.
What is falling action?
The events leading to the end of the story.
What is the resolution/denouement?
The end of the story.
