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 development?
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.
What is the resolution?
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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