Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Misc. Terms
100
Compaison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
A one sentence summary.
What is the main idea?
100
The use of concrete things to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
100

This is the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named 

What is onomatopoeia?

200

An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.

What is a hyperbole?

200

A character who battles with themsleves

What is internal conflict?

200
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200
What a word suggests, not what it actually means.
What is connotation?
300
Applies human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
300
Time, place, duaration of the story
What is the setting?
300
A return to an earlier time in a story to give prior information.
What is flashback?
300
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
400
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
basic truth or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
400
The implication that the actual situation is quite different than that represented.
What is irony?
400
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
500
The car dared me to drive faster.
What is personification?
500

"Honesty is the best policy," is an example of

What is a theme?

500
When he looked at the Statue of Liberty, he knew all would be okay. This is an example of what?
What is symbolism?
500

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

What is a plot diagram?

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