WOW Words 1
WOW Words 2
Elements of Fiction/ Lit. Devices
Grammar Links
Short Stories
100
an entire range or series
What is a gamut?
100
trifling or not important
What is inconsquential?
100
The background is explained. The setting and conflict is introduced
What is the exposition?
100
Is used when you introduce a list of items or a very long formal quote.
What is a colon
100
Setting: 2055, Time Safari
What is "A Sound of Thunder"
200
Excessive praise or flattery
What is adulation?
200
Declaration or statement
What is assertion?
200
a double adjective pointing out a particular trait in something or someone.
What is stock epithet?
200
The structure of sentence that has one independent and one dependent clause.
What is complex?
200
Has a mysterious tone throughout the story.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"
300
A small entryway within a building
What is vestibule?
300
lack of basic necessities
What is privation
300
A reference to a historical figure, literary figure or biblical/mythological figure in literature
What is an allusion?
300
Type of sentence that asks a question.
What is interrogative?
300
Uses irony within the story when the characters purchase a gift for the other.
What is "A Gift of the Magi"
400
irritation or annoyance
What is vexation?
400
long locks of hair
What is tresses?
400
The highest point in the story.
What is the climax
400
Used to place around titles of stories, articles
What is quotation marks?
400
Rainsford, Whitney, Zaroff, and Ivan.
What is characters from "The Most Dangerous Game"
500
a small waterfall
What is cascade?
500
Decorations
What is Adornment?
500
Is determined by narration. You use pronoun case as a clue.
What is point of view
500
Type of sentence that can end in either a period or an exclamation mark.
What is imperative?
500
$1.87, The day before Christmas, one of those girls that sing and dance for money, $8 dollar room...
What are things to establish Setting in "A Gift of the Magi"
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