Plot Stucture
Characterization
Character
Figurative Language
Literary Device
100

The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved

What is the resolution?

100
This is when the author tells you about a character's personality. "The quiet girl and well-mannered boy were always obedient."
What is direct characterization
100
Many fairy tale characters are this because they are one-dimensional
What is a flat character
100
Her laughter sounded like bells
What is a simile?
100
When reading a ghost story, you might feel tense and afraid.
What is mood?
200

The major turning point of a story

What is the climax?

200
This is when the reader must make an inference about characterization as opposed to the author telling about the character directly.
What is indirect characterization?
200
In Speak, Ivy was this because she was a complex and multi-dimensional character.
What is a round character
200
Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset
What is a metaphor?
200
When Ms. Muse talks about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is excited and fanatic.
What is tone?
300

The beginning of a story

What is the exposition?

300
The acronym STEAL stands for these 5 attributes used for analyzing indirect characterization
What are speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks
300
Melinda changed and evolved as character so she would be considered this
What is a dynamic character? (half points) What is a protagonist?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! (1) This is a synonym for sensory details. (2) Theses are the types of sensory detail for each sense.
What is imagery? What are visual/sight, audial/sound, tactile/touch, olfactory/smell, gustatory/taste?
300
In Speak, Melinda selected the word "tree" as her subject in art class. Throughout the story, her artwork with trees was an important part of her emotional growth for overcoming the trauma she experienced.
What is foreshadowing?
400

Conflicts occur to build tension and move plot forward during this

What is rising action?

400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! During Speak, Heather makes an action plan to become popular. (1) Making a plan to gain popularity is an example of this attribute of STEAL. (2) From the evidence above, the reader can infer that Heather is this.
(1) What are actions (2) What is concerned with other's opinions or What is uptight/obsessive
400
In Speak, Andy Evans is a predatory creep through out the novel; he doesn't change. He would be considered this.
What is a static character (half-points) What is an antagonist
400
I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!
What is a hyperbole?
400
When a different result from what was expected takes place (hint: 2 words)
What is situational irony?
500

After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this

What is falling action?

500
In Speak, Melinda doesn't speak for most of the novel, and the reader must rely mainly on these clues for characterization.
What are thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks?
500
In Speak, Rachel is this
What is a round, complex, and dynamic character
500
An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else
What is a symbol?
500
When what the speaker says is intended to mean something different. (Hint: 2 words)
What is verbal irony?
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