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This central character drives the primary action and may not necessarily be a classic hero or heroine.
Who is the protagonist?
This literary element reflects the writer's attitude towards something or someone.
What is the tone?
The specific term that describes the events building tension and leading up to the climax.
What is the rising action
This literary element is used when authors use details to teach use about a character.
What is characterization.
The emotional environment or way a story makes the reader feel, such as feeling tense and anxious in a spooky mansion.
What is mood?
Which literary element refers to the introduction of a story that presents the characters and the setting?
What is exposition.
This literary element gives objects human/person characteristics.
What is personification.
A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces, usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is a conflict?
You snore louder than a freight train.
This is an example of what literary element.
Hint: Are they comparing anything here?
What is hyperbole
Her words were as sharp as a knife.
Which literary element is used here?
What is a simile.
When the author gives non-human objects human characteristics.
What is personification?
a figure of speech in which two essentially dissimilar objects or concepts are expressly compared with one another through the use of “like” or “as."
What is a simile?
Comparing something without the express use of “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The triple bacon cheeseburger glistened with health and good choices.
This is an example of which literary element?
Hint: Personification, characterization or irony.
What is irony.
New York City is the city that never sleeps.
What literary element is this an example of?
What is hyperbole.
In literary terms, who or what is the antagonist?
The main character's opponent (person, society, or nature).
The part of the plot where events occur after the climax and loose ends are tied up.
What is the falling action?
What are the two types of conflict?
What is internal and external?
A ship's crew struggling to survive a massive hurricane at sea represents this specific type of conflict.
The point of view being used if a story features pronouns like "I" and "me" to tell the narrative from a character's direct perspective.
What is first-person?
This literary element reflects the writer's attitude towards a subject/audience/character.
Hint: Theme, tone or conflict
What is tone.
Imagery is when the author uses descriptive language to describe the setting/character.
A character struggling with their own inner guilt or making a difficult emotional choice is experiencing which type of conflict?
What is Person v. Self
The American flag, the Nike swoosh and the peace sign are all example of...?
What is Symbolism.
A narrative shift that takes the reader backward to an earlier period of time.
What is a flashback?