What Character?
Figurative Language
Literary Elements and Devices
Writing
Plot Mountain
100

This character is known for being a tough greaser who doesn't care about anyone, but by the end of the book the reader knows he cared about at least one person.

Who is Dallas Winston?

100

"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore"

What is Alliteration?

100

The setting is made up of these two features.

What is Time and Place?

100

This is the acronym for the information needed in the first sentence of a written response to literature. 

What is a TAG?

100

The exposition includes these two things.

What are the setting and characters?

200

This character was a real person, and is known for assassinating the 16th president of the United States.

Who is John Wilkes Booth?

200

"He was as strong as an ox"

What is a Simile?

200

This occurs when an author hints at what is to come later in the story.

What is Foreshadowing? 

200

This is the part of an essay in which you answer the prompt with a specific answer that must be proved in the body of the essay.  The last line of the introductory paragraph. 

What is the Claim?

200

This is the most exciting part of the story that all the suspense has built up to. 

What is the Climax?

300

This character is one of the most famous detectives in all of literature, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Who is Sherlock Homes?

300

"BOOM"

What is Onomatopoeia?

300

This element of writing is meant to keep the reader in suspense because they do not know what will happen next at the end of a section or chapter. 

What is a Cliffhanger?

300

You need this after you provide evidence from the text in order to give the author proper credit so you do not plagiarize. 

What is an in-text citation?

300

The rising action began with this event in Chasing Lincoln's Killer.

What is the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

400

In "Button Button" Norma Lewis pushes the button, inadvertently killing this person. 

Who is her husband, Arthur Lewis?

400

"The chocolate cake called my name."

What is Personification?

400

This is crafted through using descriptive sensory details. 

What is Imagery? 

400

This sentence goes at the very end of the concluding paragraph. 

What is the Mic Drop?
400

These three things happened in the climax of The Outsiders.

What are the rumble, Johnny's death, and Dally's death?

500

This character killed her husband with a frozen leg of lamb.

Who is Mary Maloney?

500

"Don't beat around the bush."

What is an Idiom?

500

An example of this from The Outsiders may be "Do not judge someone based on their socioeconomic status before you get to know them."

What is Theme?

500

This part of an argumentative essay directly contradicts the claim of the essay.

What is a counterclaim?

500

In this part of the story, Sherlock Holmes reveals how Dr. Roylott killed his stepdaughter. 

What is the resolution?

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