Vocab list 5 Flashcards
Summarize
Retell the main points of a text in ones words
Theme
Universal truth or insight about life that a work of literature reveals
Characterize
To describe the individual quality of blank
Narrate
Tell a story
Viewpoint
One’s attitude or opinion or position
Autobiography
Story about a persons life written by him or her
Exposition
Beginning of a story that introduces the main characters and the conflict
Falling action
Events in a story that occur after the climax that led to the resolution
Literary element
Components or parts of any story or work of fiction (theme, plot, setting, characters, motifs, irony, ETC.)
Idiom
Expresses particular to a language or group that mean something other than the literal meaning