The introduction, the part of the work that introduces the characters and setting.
What is the exposition?
100
A figure of speech that compares seemingly unlike things.
Example: Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard.
What is a simile?
100
Words that imitate the sounds they are making.
example: Buzz, swoosh, pow, crack, boom, zap, bang
What is onomatopoeia?
100
A person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
What is character?
100
Holly
What is Mrs. Elli's first name?
200
The part of the plot that begins to occur as soon as the conflict is introduced.
What is the rising action?
200
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
Example: Tears began to fall from the dark clouds.
What is personification?
200
The repetition of sounds most often consonant sounds found any where in the words.
Example: Silken, sad, uncertain, rustling
What is consonance?
200
The struggle between opposing forces in a story or play.
What is conflict
200
Arizona State University
What is the College Mrs. Elli graduated from in May?
300
The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense on the plot.
What is the climax?
300
The repetition of sound, most often consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Example: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
300
A figure of speech that id a combination of seemingly contradictory words.
Example: Same difference
Pretty ugly
What is an oxymoron?
300
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
Brian
What is Mrs. Elli's husband's name?
400
The action that typically follows the climax and reveals its results.
What is falling action?
400
A reference to something famous.
Example: "My phone made by a certain company in Finland."
What is allusion?
400
Exaggeration often used for emphasis.
Example: I was so nervous I thought my heart might explode.
What is hyperbole?
400
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution.
What are the 5 elements of plot?
400
Indiana and Kentucky
What are the two places Mrs. Elli calls home?
500
The part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing the outcome of the conflict.
What is the resolution?
500
A type of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common NOT using like or as.
Example: Life is a bowl of cherries.
What is a metaphor?
500
Understatements, the opposite of hyperbole.
Example: I need to borrow a few dollars, only about a million dollars.
What are litotes?
500
The author's use of clues to hint at what might happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Play video games and do ceramics.
What are two of Mrs. Elli's favorite things to do out side of school?