Writer'S Handbook Worksheets And Charts - 8th-9th Grades, Hamburg Central School District Page 8
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24Mood
: The feeling the author creates for the reader.
Personification
:
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
Example:______________________________________
Plot:
The sequence of major events in a story.
Plot often includes: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action & Resolution.
Point of View:
The perspective from which a story is told.
• First person: Narrator tells the story from his/her own perspective.
• First Person Pronouns _______________________________________
• Third person: Narrator tells the story through the eyes of one character.
• Third Person Pronouns _____________________________________
Protagonist:
The central character (Main Character) of a literary work, usually the first character a
reader meets.
Resolution:
Occurs after the Climax and Falling Action, where the conflict is resolved and loose-ends
are tied up.
Rising Action:
The series of events that lead to the Climax of the story to build suspense.
Setting:
The time and place in which a story unfolds.
Simile:
A comparison between two unlike things which uses the words “like” or “as.”
Example ____________________________________________________________
Symbolism:
A person, place, object or idea that stands for something greater than itself.
Example _____________________________________________________________
Theme:
The moral, lesson or message that the author wants to share with the reader
about life.
*THE MEssage* (Theme can never be just one word!)
Tone:
The attitude expressed toward the subject of the story.
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