Character Connections
This term describes the main character in a story, often the one who faces the central conflict.
What is a protagonist?
This plot element introduces the characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of a story.
What is the exposition?
This is the central message or insight about life that the author wants to convey through a story.
What is a theme?
When a story is told using "I," "me," and "my," it is written from this point of view.
What is first person?
This poetic device creates a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
When a character changes or grows throughout a story, we call this type of character this.
What is a dynamic character?
This type of irony occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not, creating a theme of suspense or humor.
What is dramatic irony?
In "The Tortoise and the Hare," the theme that "slow and steady wins the race" is presented through this literary technique.
What is a fable?
In "Wonder," the story shifts between these to show different characters' perspectives on the same events.
What are multiple narrators?
This 14-line poetic form often follows a specific rhyme scheme and traditionally addresses themes of love.
What is a sonnet?
The peak of a story's tension or turning point is known as this plot element.
What is the climax?
This plot structure features events arranged in chronological order from beginning to end.
What is linear plot?
When a theme is directly stated by a character in the story, it is called this type of theme.
What is an explicit theme?
[Visual Clue: Text excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart"] This type of narrator, common in Edgar Allan Poe's stories, cannot be trusted to tell the truth.
What is an unreliable narrator?
[Visual Clue: Text of a haiku about nature] This Japanese poetic form consists of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
The theme of good versus evil can be developed through this literary technique where abstract concepts are represented by characters.
What is personification?
n "The Giver," Jonas's growing awareness of his community's dark secrets creates this type of conflict that drives the plot.
What is person vs. society conflict?
"Wonder" by R.J. Palacio develops multiple themes including acceptance and this related theme about judging others.
What is "don't judge a book by its cover"?
This point of view uses "he," "she," and "they" while also revealing the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is third person omniscient?
This sound device repeats consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
This term describes a character that serves as a direct contrast to the protagonist in order to highlight their traits.
What is an antagonist?
[Visual Clue: A diagram of Freytag's Pyramid] This German writer created this five-part plot structure model that includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Who is Gustav Freytag?
This perspective stays limited to only one character's thoughts and views, despite using third person pronouns.
What is third person limited?
n "The Book Thief," the story is narrated by this unusual narrator, creating a unique perspective on human events.
Who is Death?
his poetic form tells a story and often includes a regular rhythm, rhyme scheme, and a lesson or moral.
What is a ballad?