Plot Structure
Analogies
External Conflict
Figurative Language
Potpourri
100
The point at which the highest tension occurs
What is the climax
100
Cinnamon:Spice
What is type or example
100
A problem that pits a character against another character
What is individual v. individual
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
An interruption in fiction that relates and event from an earlier time
What is a flashback
200
The incident that introduces the central conflict in a story; it may have occurred before the story opens
What is the initiating event
200
bow:arrow
What is association
200
A problem that pits an individual v. a force of nature
What is individual v. nature
200
A comparison not using "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor
200
The use of clues that suggest events that have yet to happen
What is foreshadowing
300
A series of events that builds from the initiating event to the climax
What is the rising action
300
car:driver
What is operator
300
A problem that pits an individual against the values and custom of a society
What is individual v. society
300
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole
300
A word phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses
What is imagery
400
The events after the climax which close the story and in which the main character learns to deal with his problem.
What is the falling action
400
mouse:mice
What is number
400
A problem that pits an individual against a god or paranormal force
What is individual v. supernatural
400
Inanimate objects have human qualities
What is personification
400
The main character of a work of fiction
What is a protagonist
500
Concludes the action at the end of the story
What is the resolution
500
hot:cold
What is synonym
500
A problem that pits an individual against a machine
What is individual v. technology
500
Words that imitate sounds such as "buzz"
What is onomatopoeia
500
A story using animal characters that teaches a lesson or has a moral
What is a fable
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