Figurative Language, Part 1
Figurative Language, Part 2
Organizational Patterns
Story Elements
Grab Bag!
100
Words that imitate sounds; literary sound effects.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
100
Problem is introduced and solved.
What is problem/solution?
100
The turning point in the story, usually when the main character changes, or the excitement reaches its highest level.
What is climax?
100
The message about life or human nature conveyed in a literary work.
What is theme?
200
An extreme overstatement or exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
The rocket glistened like a silver bullet in the sun.
What is simile?
200
Piece of literature written as a list
What is listing/enumeration?
200
The sequence of events in a novel.
What is plot?
200
Characters who change significantly.
What is dynamic character?
300
The use of any element of language - a sound, a word, a phrase, a grammatical structure - more than once.
What is repetition?
300
The wind roared and cried all night.
What is personification?
300
To explain or define.
What is concept/definition?
300
The section of the plot that introduces the main characters and establishes the main conflict.
What is exposition (initiating event)?
300
The author's attitude about the topic.
What is tone.
400
A comparison between two unlike things without using a connecting word.
What is metaphor?
400
It's raining cats and dogs.
What is idiom?
400
Why something happened or resulted.
What is cause and effect?
400
The final stage of the plot when loose ends are tied up and the story is brought to a close.
What is resolution?
400
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
500
Person, place, thing, or event that stands both for itself and for something beyond itself.
What is symbol?
500
"Let's 'ave a look at 'em, now."
What is dialect?
500
Events in sequence, start-end.
What is chronological?
500
The section of the plot where complications arise.
What is rising action?
500
A statement that cannot be proven.
What is opinion?
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