Parts of the Story
Elements of Poetry
Literary Terms
Dramatic Literary Terms
Parts of Speech
100
The place and time of a story.
What is the setting.
100
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile.
100
When the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is irony.
100
A story that includes the death or moral destruction of the protagonist.
What is a tragedy.
100
A simple sentence must contain at least one:
What is subject and verb.
200
The beginning of the story. Where characters and conflicts are introduced.
What is the exposition.
200
Comparison of two unlike things, where one this IS the other. "Mark was a cat, sneaking around the house"
What is a metaphor.
200
The feeling that the reader gets based on the story’s words and events.
What is mood.
200
A combination of contradictory terms
What is an oxymoron.
200
The formula for a compound sentence with a coordinating conjunction in it is:
What is I,cI
300
The problem in a story.
What is the conflict.
300
Boom! Whizz! Pow!
What is onomatopoeia?
300
When the story gives details about an event that already happened in the past.
What is a flashback.
300
A statement that minimizes the importance of what is meant.
What is an understatement.
300
What does the I stand for in I;I
What is independent clause.
400
The part of the story where the problem is resolved.
What is the conclusion.
400
The leaves rustled through the wind, swirling down the street leaving a dusty trail in their path.
What is imagery.
400
An author’s message in a piece of writing; it can include a moral lesson learned.
What is theme.
400
A figure of speech in which an overstatement or exaggeration occurs.
What is a hyperbole.
400
YOU is an example of a:
What is pronoun.
500
The building of the problem in the story. This leads to the climax of the story.
What is rising action.
500
The wind was whistling.
What is personification.
500
A prediction about upcoming events that happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing.
500
A form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect.
What is a pun.
500
A subject must ___________ with it's verb.
What is agree.
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