The Ravine - Story Elements & Vocabulary (Evans)

and Key Vocabulary

the time or place of a story

a good story plot centers on a conflict which is a problem or struggle between opposing forces that triggers the action and events of the story.

a deep, narrow valley made by running water.

in Hawaii, a white person or non-native Hawaiian.

A character’s personal qualities

How a character changes or becomes better known to the reader over the course of a story.

A character’s reasons why they do things just as real people do. 

Something that is gnarly has many knots and bumpy areas on its surface.

starting to decay and fall apart

A rivulet is a small brook or stream.

Something that can cascade will fall, pour, or rush in stages, like a waterfall over steep rocks.

A precipice is an overhanging or extremely steep area of rock.

a coiled or looped bundle of something, such as rope or yarn.

Authors use repetition, or repeated words or phrases, to create emphasis and drama in their writing.

a form of language spoken in a specific place by a particular group of people.

relating to two planes that do not intersect.

a kind of descriptive language that compares two unlike things using the words like or as.