The first sentence in the paragraph that states the main idea of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
The final paragraph of an essay that brings the essay to a clear and logical end.
What is the conclusion?
100
The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflict revolves.
Who is a protagonist?
100
Also called the denouement, a French word meaning "unknotting", it is the part of the plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
What is a resolution?
100
The main idea or message of a story, poem, novel, or play often expressed as a general statement about life.
What is theme?
200
The last sentence in the paragraph that reinforces the main idea of the paragraph.
What is a concluding sentence?
200
The hook that grabs the reader and makes him/her want to keep reading.
What is an attention-getter?
200
A person or a force in society or nature that opposes the protagonist, or central character, in a story or drama.
Who is an antagonist?
200
A character that remains the same throughout the story.
What is a static character?
200
The part of a plot where complications to the conflict develop and increase reader interest.
What is rising action?
300
Words and phrases that connect ideas, sentences, and paragraphs. They make the writing flow.
What are transition(s)?
300
A method of organizing an essay. Actions and events are presented as they occurred in time.
What is chronological order?
300
The struggle between opposing forces in a story or drama.
What is a conflict?
300
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
300
In a story or play, the action that follows the climax.
What is falling action?
400
The opening paragraph of an essay that has three purposes: identify the topic, get the audience's attention and make the purpose clear.
What is an introduction?
400
The last sentence in the introduction. It states the subject, points, and tone of the essay.
What is a thesis statement?
400
An author's introduction of the characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of a story, novel or play.
What is an exposition?
400
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object , a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
400
A character who shows varied and sometimes contradictory traits.
What is a round character?
500
The longest part of an essay. It explains and develops the main idea.
What is the body of an essay?
500
A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.
What is a simile?
500
The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in the plot of a literary work.
What is the climax?
500
The time and place in which the events of a literary work occur.
What is setting?
500
A character who reveals only one personality trait.