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setting up the background of the characters and storyline
What is exposition?
100
The greatest moment of intensity, an obstacle that needs to be overcome.
What is conflict?
100
The part of the story where the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
100
Escalating problems and struggles between characters that build toward a climax.
What is rising action?
100
The turning point in the story where a solution to the main problem is clear.
What is falling action?
200
The idea or lesson from a story
What is the theme?
200
The attitude toward a subject or audience
What is tone?
200
The general "feel" of the story
What is mood?
200
The way an author uses words and establishes mood.
What is style?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces.
What is conflict?
300
A character whose main purpose is to further develop, contrast or highlight the main character.
What is a foil?
300
A character who changes and develops throughout the story
What is a round character?
300
An unchanging, uncomplicated character
What is a flat character?
300
A lead character, usually the "good guy" who the reader usually sides with
What is protagonist?
300
A character who opposes the main character, usually the main source of conflict
What is the antagonist?
400
Visually descriptive or figurative language
What is imagery?
400
Comparison of two things using the words "like" and "as"
What is a simile?
400
Granting human attributes to something that is not human
What is personification?
400
Compares two things which are not usually related
What is metaphor?
400
That which stands for something else
What is symbol?
500
Aslan as Christ, and Edmund as Judas
What is allegory?
500
I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
500
POW! BAM! BOOM!
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Aunt Annie's alligators ate apples
What is alliteration?
500
Spill the beans, break a leg, piece of cake
What is an idiom?
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