Literary Devices
Two unrelated objects are compared to each other using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
What is a person, place, or thing.
Climax
What is where the story’s conflict peaks/is addressed in a way that cannot be undone?
Time and place
What is setting?
"Wow!" and "Hello." are both this part of speech
What is an interjection?
Alliteration
What is the repetition of the same sound or letter in a group of words?
Words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, prepositions, phrases, or entire sentences.
What is an adverb?
The conflict up to the climax. Where things get worse.
What is rising action?
A round character.
What is (at least one):
multi-dimensional, complex, layered, real
A state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
What is suspense?
"Meow," "vroom," and "CRASH!" are examples of this.
(A bonus 300 point for your team if you can spell the word correctly as well).
What is an onomatopoeia?
The definition of a preposition
What is a word that shows the relation between two words or clauses
The event/moment that kicks off the story
Second Person POV
What is the point of view that uses "you," with the reader being the narrator.
FANBOYS stands for these conjunctions.
What are "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
An exaggerated statement
What is hyperbole?
The punctuation mark that links two closely related sentences.
What is a semicolon
All five parts of freytag's pyramid/the elements of plot.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
The 5 elements of a (good) story.
What are Character, Setting, Plot, Point of View, and Conflict?
The definition of digression.
What is a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing?
An example of a zeugma.
What is "John and his license expired last week"
What is "He fell from her favor and the window"
...etc
Modal Verb
What adds degrees of possibility, ability, necessity, and permission to verbs.
Ex: can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, and must.
The climax of Like Water for Chocolate
What is when Tita and Pedro finally share a night together and Pedro dies?
A point of view where the narrator can dip into the minds/thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third Person Omniscient?
Riddle Time:
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
What is the future?