The Scene
These two elements make up a work's setting.
What is time and place/location?
A word that sounds like or means the same thing as it's name.
What is onomatopoeia?
A character that occurs repeatedly in popular literature (e.g. mad scientist, corrupt politician.
What is a stereotype or stock character.
This action follows the climax of a story.
What is the falling action?
When the protagonist is placed at odds with a government or cultural tradition.
What is Character vs. Society?
The scene is set in this part of the plot graph.
What is the exposition?
"Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky."
Is an example of this.
What is personification?
A character that does not change.
What is a flat character?
The main reason why the author wrote the text.
What is author's purpose?
The struggle between two opposing characters or forces.
What is conflict?
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or written passage.
What is mood?
Figurative language that compares two things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
A character that changes in the story.
What is a dynamic character?
The acronym that we use to keep track of a character's characteristics.
What is S.T.E.A.L.? Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks.
The two types of conflict.
What are Internal and External Conflict?
The narrator's attitude toward his characters, subject, or readers.
What is tone?
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
Is an example of this.
What is hyperbole?
The character that goes against the main character.
What is an antagonist?
This action precedes the climax of a story, building the tension to that heightened turning point.
What is the rising action?
What is in the Character's mind?
The atmosphere or feeling in a literary work.
What is mood?
A common saying with a meaning completely different than the dictionary definition.
What is an idiom?
A character that serves to complement the main characters and help move the plot forward.
What is a minor character?
The five elements of plot in order.
What is Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action and Resolution?
A type of conflict where the character experiences trouble with technology.
What is Character vs. Machine?