This is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification
100
This is a type of figurative language. A comparison.
What is a metaphor.
100
A great exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole.
100
The most intense moment of the plot—either mentally or in action—that represents the moment of greatest tension, when the characters change or act.
What is climax
100
When writing about literature, always use ___________________ person point of view
What is third person
200
The opposite of the exposition, where the remaining plot threads are tied up and the reader learns how the characters will deal with what has happened to them.
What is dénouement
200
The main character.
What is the protagonist.
200
The character or a force in conflict with a main character.
What is the antagonist.
200
The reader must draw conclusions about the character based on what is shown in the story.
What is indirect characterization
200
When writing about literature, always use ___________________ tense.
What is present
300
A conversation between characters that is set off by quotation marks to indicate a speaker’s exact words.
What is dialogue
300
The act of creating and developing a character.
What is characterization.
300
The narrator is not a character in the story. He or she uses pronouns such as he, she, and they to refer to the characters.
What is third person point of view.
300
The start of the story, the situation before the action start, which sets the scene, introduces the characters, and establishes the point of view.
What is exposition.
300
Any part you take word for word from another source must be put inside _________________________.
What are quotation marks.
400
These are descriptive words that are used to put a picture in the reader’s mind.
What is imagery
400
A reference to something outside the story that the writer expects the reader to understand. Usually a reference to a work of literature, the Bible, or mythology.
What is allusion.
400
The series of conflicts and crisis in the story that build to the climax.
What is rising action.
400
When a writer states the characters’ traits or characteristics.
What is direct characterization.
400
When annotating, circles go around
What are new characters.
500
In the plot, this is the place where the trouble starts, where the conflict begins to complicate the protagonist’s life.