This is the main character of the story. He does not have to be the good guy.
Who is the Protagonist.
100
What is the part of the plot called when all the major conflict has been resolved and there is (usually) a sense of completion?
What is the Resolution or the Denouement.
100
A play on words.
What is a Pun.
100
This is the main or underlying meaning in a work.
What is the Theme.
100
The twisting or foiling of expectations.
What is Irony.
200
This is someone who doesn't change throughout a story. We can always expect them to be the same.
What is a Static Character.
200
This is when the protagonist and antagonist finally come head to head. It is the highest point of tension in a story.
What is the Climax.
200
Two words that separately have opposite meanings, but when they come together they make a truth.
What is an Oxymoron.
200
This point of view raises a red flag that we should not trust our narrator.
What is First Person.
200
When a word itself imitates the sound it is describing.
What is Onomatopoeia.
300
True or False: There is only one antagonist in any given story.
False - There can be many antagonists in a story. It depends on how many people/things are opposing the protagonist!
300
The part of the plot in which the tension builds. Background circumstances, character decisions, character flaws, and other various elements all add to the tension.
What is the Rising Action.
300
A comparison between two unlike things (usually using is or was).
What is a Metaphor.
300
When the author gives us hints of what is going to happen in the future.
What is Foreshadowing.
300
A reoccuring object, word, song, color, topic, action, etc in a piece of literature. The reoccurence has a significance behind it.
What is a Motif.
400
A character that undergoes a fundamental change by the end of the story is called a:
What is a Dynamic Character.
400
This is the very beginning of the story, where the reader receives all of the necessary background information.
What is the Exposition.
400
The repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words.
What is Consonance.
400
In which point of view does the narrator know everything that each character is doing and thinking. For the most part, there is nothing that they cannot tell us.
What is Third Person Omniscient.
400
This is the type of irony used when the audience knows what is going to happen, but the characters do not.
What is Dramatic Irony.
500
The kind of irony that is used when neither the audience nor the characters know what is happening/what is about to happen in a story.
What is Situational Irony.
500
This part of the plot is where we find out the consequences of the climax.
What is the Falling Action.
500
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a Hyperbole.
500
This kind of story is a form of extended metaphor. It has at least two meanings, the literal and the figurative/symbolic. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or political significance.
What is an Allegory.
500
The point of view in which the narrator cannot tell the reader what anyone is thinking. They can only tell us what they are visibly seeing.