Figurative Language
This figurative language technique compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This gives the reader the background info they need to jump right into your story’s world.
What is exposition?
In this type of conflict, someone is standing in our protagonist’s way.
What is Character vs. Character?
This character is typically the ‘good guy’ in your story — the one the reader is rooting for.
Who is the protagonist?
This novel sees Jess and Leslie creating an imaginary kingdom in the woods.
What is Bridge to Terabithia?
This figurative language technique is an exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
This is the primary turning point and what your story has been building towards.
What is the climax?
This type of conflict pits our characters against some kind of natural force.
What is Character vs. Nature?
This is any character, group, or force that is at odds with your protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
In this novel, Fella and Zany go on a road trip with the remains of their deceased mother.
What is Ashes to Asheville?
This is a saying where one thing means something completely different.
What is an idiom?
This is the conclusion of a story's plot.
What is the resolution?
Here your main character must overcome something within themselves to achieve their goal.
What is Character vs. Self?
This point of view is most often told from the point of view of the protagonist.
What is first person?
In this novel, Anita and her family must escape from an evil dictator.
What is Before We Were Free?
This gives human characteristics to non-living objects.
What is personification?
This is the moments in your story that lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
In this type of conflict, our protagonist feels like they are at odds with the whole world.
What is Character vs. Society?
Here our narrator has access to only one character’s inside thoughts and feelings.
What is third person limited?
In this novel based on a true story, a young man must travel through the dangers of nature and violent rebels to get to safety.
What is A Long Walk to Water?
This is the repetition of an initial consonant sound in words that are in close proximity to each other.
What is alliteration?
This is what comes after the main climax and leads to the conclusion.
What is falling action?
This type of conflict arises from an inner struggle between what we want and what we have to do.
What is internal conflict?
Here as a reader, we can learn the inside thoughts and feelings of all the main characters.
What is third person omniscient?
This short piece of fiction was written as a series of text messages between friends.
What is "Southpaw"?