Story
Structure
Figure this language
Plots and Composition
Beginning to End
500

______ is an event or when something happens. It is external.

What is an incident?

500

_______ is a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate.

What is an independent clause? 

500

_______ is when writers use language that is not meant to be understood literally.

What is figurative language?

500

_______ is the portion of the narrative where the characters have begun interacting with the conflict or problem.

What is rising action?

500

_____ the most intense part of the narrative. It is sometimes called the turning point. 

What is the climax?

1000

________ is all the details that go into making a character in a story.

What is characterization?

1000

______ is a sentence that has a subject, a predicate, and only one independent clause.

What is a simple sentence?

1000

BRICK values is an example of this.

What is an acronym?

1000

_______ is what happens after the climax. Usually you're headed home at this point.

What is falling action?

1000

______ is a spoken or written conversation between two or more speakers.

What is a dialog/dialogue?

1500

______ is a story or a series of connected events.

What is a narrative?

1500

______ is an idea that is not a complete thought. It may be missing one or more parts of a sentence.

What is a dependent/subordinate clause?

1500

This figure of speech used the words "like" or "as" to make a comparison.

What is a simile?

1500

_______ contains at least three clauses, two independent and one dependent. 

What is a compound-complex sentence?

1500

_____ is found in the resolution of the conflict. It is also sometimes called the moral of a story.

What is theme?

2000

________ is the part of the story where background information is given. It includes the setting and the characters.

What is exposition?

2000

_____ are categories of art like in music and literature. Science Fiction, Horror, and Romance are examples of this.

What is a genre?

2000

______ is a way of describing things by using the five senses as a foundation.

What is sensory language? 

2000

______ is made up of two or more independent clauses that a joined by a conjunction, a comma, or a semicolon.

What is a compound sentence?

2000

_________ is the very end of the story and addresses all the remaining questions. 

What is resolution?

2500

______ is the part of the story that introduces the problem. It can be internal or external.

What is conflict?

2500

"I am, You are, He is" are examples of this action in grammar.

What is conjugation?

2500

"What light through yonder window breaks? Tis the east and Juliet is the sun" is an example of this time of figure of speech.

What is a metaphor?

2500

________ is a sentence that contains a dependent clause and an independent clause.

What is a complex sentence?

2500

_____is a literary device that is meant to get the reader’s attention and begin the story or essay. 

What is a lead?

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