Semester 2 ELA Terms

a truth about life that is revealed in a story

• similie

• plot

• theme

• allergory

the end of the story where the main conflict is resolved

• climax

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

a character who undergoes a deep change from within a story

• dynamic character

• static character

• antagonist

• protagonist

adjectives that describe a character on the inside

• indirect characterization

• direct characterization

• character traits

• exposition

the main character of a story

• protagonist

• antagonist

• dynamic character

• static character

the author interrupts the plot to recreate an event of earlier time

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• fantasy

• suspense

events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• plot

• exposition

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

• personification

• allegory

• imagery

• idiom

what happens in a story; the chain of events that make up a story

• rising action

• plot

• suspense

• theme

a comparison that uses the words like or as

• metaphor

• symbolism

• tone

• similie