Parts of Speech
Parts of a Story
Figurative Language
Potpourri
Parts of a Plot
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
100
A word that sounds like what it is, such as "crash," "boom," and "drip."
What is onomatopoeia?
100
The force or character against the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
100
The beginning of the story, when the plot is being set up.
What is the exposition?
200
An action word
What is a verb?
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
Comparing one thing to another unlike thing, using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
200
A struggle that occurs within the mind of a character.
What is an internal conflict?
200

The events that lead up to the climax of a plot; the part of a story in which the conflict builds up.

What is the rising action?

300
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
300
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is the conflict?
300
The use of a repeated sound at the beginning of each of a series of words, such as "Billy bought a baby buggy."
What is alliteration?
300
A struggle that occurs between a character and another character, thing, or force.
What is an external conflict?
300
The part of the plot with the most tension; the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
400
A word that describes a verb. Often an "ly" word.
What is an adverb?
400
The main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
400
An intentional exaggeration to make a point, such as "I'm starving."
What is hyperbole?
400
A part of speech that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
400

The end of the story, when most of the problems have been worked out. Name the fancy way and spell it on the board as well.

What is the resolution and denouement?

500
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
500
The message of a literary work.
What is the theme?
500
Using human qualities to describe un-human objects.
What is personification?
500
A part of speech that is a short exclamation, sometimes inserted into a sentence.
What is an interjection?
500
A book that continues a story that was started in a previous book.
What is a sequel?
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