Mystery/Reading Vocabulary

the feeling the author wishes to create for the reader

• sequencing

• tone

• mood

an object, person, place, or event that can be used to stand for something else

• tone

• symbol

• inference

a statement that has been or can be proved to be true

• cause

• fact

• effect

the leading character or hero of a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• author's purpose

the style or manner or expression, which reflects the author's attitude toward the material

• mood

• conflict

• tone

the intent of the person who is writing

• author's purpose

• tone

• mood

to show the ways in which unlike things are different

• plot

• compare

• contrast

the sequence of events in the story

• effect

• drawing conclusions

• plot

the time and place in which the events occur

• flashback

• point of view

• setting

the turning point, the moment in which the conflict is resolved

• verbal imagery

• climax

• figurative language