The world is made up of two classes - the hunter and the huntee.
What is Rainsford from "The Most Dangerous Game"
100
Makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things, not using the terms "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor
100
The point of the highest action or tension in a story.
What is Climax
100
Crazy hunter finds new prey.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"
100
The feeling or the atmosphere the author creates in his/her story.
What is Mood
200
I'm the boogeyman!
What is Bill from "Sorry, Right Number"
200
A contrast between appearance and reality: usually reality is the opposite of what it seems.
An example of this term can be when Rainsford, a huge hunting advocate, becomes hunted like an animal.
What is irony
200
The part of the story when the conflict is developing and events build toward the climax.
What is Rising Action
200
Crisis at a diner is overcome by one person.
What is "Pancakes"
200
Character involved in the central conflict of the story.
What is Protagonist
300
The last thing I wanted to see taped to my bathroom mirror at five-thirty in the morningwas a newspaper article entitled "Are You a Perfectionist?"
What is Jill from "Pancakes"
300
Author drops hints that suggest events taht will occur later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing
300
Part of the story that follows the climax and shows the result of the important action that happened at the climax.
What is Falling Action
300
Masonry has a double meaning in this story.
What is "The Cask of Amontillado"
300
The method of narration used.
What is point of view
400
I would rather have a hunk of aluminum silicate than a diamond necklace.
What is The Princess from "The Princess and the Tin Box"
400
Descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences - author describes smells, sights, taste, touch and hearing.
What is Imagery
400
Beginning of the story that explains the setting and the important characters are introduced.
What is Exposition
400
A choice of suitors must be made.
What is "The Princess and the Tin Box"
400
Struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is Conflict
500
A succession of loud and shrill screams, bursting suddenly from the throat of the chained form, seemed to thrust me violently back.
What is Montresor from "The Cask of Amontillado"
500
Giving human qualitiesto an object, animal or idea.
An exmaple: The morning smiled upon her window.
What is Personification
500
The part of the story when all questions are solved.
What is Resolution
500
Ghost Kiss
What is "Sorry, Right Number"
500
The underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand.