Mystery
Genre
Figurative Language
Parts of a Story
Difficult
100

What are character traits?

The quality of a character, what a character is like.

100

What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

biography-story of a person's life written by another narrator

and an autobiography is written by the same person

100

The difference between a simile and a metaphor

They both compare 2 items, but a simile uses like or as (and a metaphor does not).
100
What is the highest point of action in a story, often a turning point?

climax

100

The literal meaning of the word as found in the dictionary.

denotation

200

What is a stanza?

A group of lines in a poem.

200
Expressive writing that may use rhyme to convey emotion.

Poetry

200

What is the difference between alliteration and onomatopoeia?

alliteration-repetition of initial consonant sounds

onomatopoeia-the spelling of the word is the sound that it makes

200

narrator is a character who tells the events in the story

1st person POV

200

A reference to a well-known person, place, event,...

often used to make a comparison.

allusion

300

What is it called to have the ability of persaude (the art of speaking and writing effectively). Give one example and explain what is appeals to...

Rhetoric

ethos-appeal to credibility

logos-appeal to logic

pathos-appeal to emotion

300

Poetry that has irregular lines and may or may not rhyme.

free-verse

300

The words do not convey the actual meaning of the words.

idiom

300

What is the difference between foreshadowing and flashback?

foreshadowing-hints/clues from the author about what may happen next

flashback-author interrupts the sequence of events in order to relate an earlier incident or event

300

A strong prejudice for one side or another, favoring only one side...

bias

400

The atmosphere or feeling an author creates is the __

The attitude of an author toward a subject is the ___

mood

tone

400
A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature.

myth

400

Extreme exaggeration

hyperbole

400

The 2 forces that are in conflict with each other in a story.

Protagaonist and  antagonist

400

What is the difference between a dynamic character and a static character?

Dynamic character-changes over the course of a story.

Static Character-does not undergo a change.

500

Name 4 external conflicts.

character vs. character

character vs. self

character vs. nature 

character vs. society

500

Name 5 genres and explain.

Answers may vary.

500

A situation where the opposite of what is expected to occur does not.

irony

500

What is the purpose of the exposition in a story and what part of the plot comes after it?

Introduces character-states problem, describes setting...

the rising action comes after it

500

A conclusion drawn by the reader based on available information

inference

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