Semester Review Flashcards
Similarity or comparability such as x is to y as a is to b
Analogy
The reason the authors has written the piece
Purpose
Written account of another person’s life written by someone else
Biography
Earlier scene from the story that interrupts the action of the story
Flash back
The idea of relating the content of a story to one’s knowledge/experience
Connecting
Most important idea in a paragraph or essay
Main idea
Perspective from which a story is told to the reader
Point of view
The protagonist’s opponent
Antagonist
Comparison using like or as
Simile
Expression whose meaning is different from the literal sense of the words
Idiom
Comparison that does not use like or as
Metaphor
The main character or hero of a story
Protagonist
Why the character acts, feels, or thinks a certain way
Character Motivation
Struggle between opposing forces
Central Conflict
To give a glimpse of what may happen in the future
Foreshadow
