Figurative Language
This device compares two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."
Simile
This is the highest point of tension or the "turning point" where the main character faces the conflict head-on.
Climax
What does the root word "hydro" mean?
Water
This structure is used when an author explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
Compare & Contrast
To make a sentence "complete," it must have these two main parts.
A subject and a predicate/verb
"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of this device.
Metaphor
This is the very beginning of the story where the setting and characters are introduced.
Exposition
What does the root word "spher" mean?
Ball
If an article lists events in the specific order they happened in time, it is using this structure.
Chronological/Sequence
Participles are words that sounds like verbs but function like this part of speech.
Adjective
Giving human qualities or actions to non-human objects, such as "The sun smiled down on us."
Personification
Often called the "final part" of the plot, this is where all the loose ends are tied up and the story ends.
Resolution
What does the root word "celes" mean?
Heavenly
This structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause and Effect
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS) is known as this type of sentence.
Compound
A common expression where the meaning is different from the literal words, such as "It’s a piece of cake."
Idiom
In this phase, the story gets complicated as the characters face a series of obstacles or "complications."
Rising Action
What does the root word "sub" mean?
A section in a science textbook describing the physical features and habitat of the African Elephant is using this structure.
Description
In the phrase "the students books," this punctuation mark is missing to show that the books belong to the students.
Apostrophe
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in a row, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Alliteration
A character struggling to decide whether to tell the truth or keep a secret is an example of this type of conflict.
Internal Conflict
What does the root word "meso" mean?
Middle
Signal words like similarly, on the other hand, and however indicate that the author is using this specific structure.
Compare and Contrast
This is the formal name for the noun that a pronoun refers back to or replaces.
Antecedent