The Plot Thickens
Element of Literature
Figures of Speech
Who is it?
Point of View
100
The struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.
What is conflict?
100
central message
What is theme?
100
don’t tell Mother that her cookies taste like lumps of sand.
What is simile
100
the main charachter
What is protagonist?
100
All I could hear was the maddening rattle of the heating registers, even though I buried my face in the pillow.
What is first person point of view?
200
high point of interest or suspense
What is climax?
200
writer’s or speaker’s attitude toward a subject of a poem
What is tone?
200
Defeaning silence
What is oxymoron?
200
character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
200
Ron refuses to eat pepperoni pizza because he says it gives him gas.
What is 3rd person point of view
300
All of a sudden, a storm breaks out-lightening, thunder, rain...
What is rising action?
300
the distinctive way in which an author uses language
What is style?
300
He was eager to help but his legs were rubber
What is metaphor?
300
Eli
What is protagonist?
300
This approach is the most common point of view in academic writing
What is third person point of view.
400
The first event causes the second, the second causes the third, and so forth
What is plot?
400
Details such as dialect, clothing, customs, and modes of transportation establish this.
What is setting?
400
an extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
400
Rex
What is antagonist
400
This is a strongly individualized point of view
What is first person point of view.
500
follows the climax and reveals its results
What is falling action?
500
a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events
What is suspense?
500
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
500
Lexi & Terese
What is character?
500
This approach emphasizes the subject and draws on information that the writer has acquired through observation, thinking, or reading.
What is third person point of view.
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