A person - or an animal or thing presented as a person- appearing in a work of literature
What is a character
100
The point of greatest excitement or intensity in a story
What is the climax
100
The method of building in clues or hints about what is to come in a story
What is foreshadowing
100
A difference or contrast between appearance and reality
What is irony
200
The person who tells a story
What is the narrator
200
A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
200
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist
200
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures or images in the reader's mind
What is imagery
200
The appearance of reality in fiction
What is verisimilitude
300
The time, place, and circumstances that form the background of the story
What is the setting
300
The final part of a story that makes clear the outcome of the conflict
What is the resolution
300
The presentation of an abstract quality, object, or idea as a person
What is personification
300
A dramatic moment that reveals something important to a character
What is revelation
300
To hug or hold some one
What is to "embrace"
400
The conversation of characters
What is dialogue
400
A problem or a struggle of some kind that may be internal or external
What is a conflict
400
A person, object, or event that has meaning in itself and also stands for something else
What is a symbol
400
The central idea or underlying meaning about human nature that is developed in a story
What is theme
400
Smooth and Shiny
What is "Glossy"
500
The sequence of related events or actions in a story
What is plot
500
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable - comparing two unlike things to make a point.
What is a metaphor
500
An expression that has become trite, or unoriginal, from excessive use