the main and most important character in the story
What is the protagonist?
100
words that contradict each other. Two opposite words put together to make meaning
What is an oxymoron?
100
anything that stands for itself and something else.
What is a symbol?
100
what is conflict?
a struggle between opposing forces or a disagreement
200
What are the three types of irony?
verbal, situational and dramatic
200
a character or force in conflict with the main character
What is the antagonist?
200
When a nonhuman thing is given human characteristics
What is personification?
200
a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
when a character struggles against an outside force
What is external conflict?
300
words used to suggest the opposite of what is meant, also known as sarcasm
What is verbal irony?
300
What is characterization?
how the author introduces characters into the story.
300
the use of words that imitate sounds. give at least one example too.
What is an onomatopoeia? Bang, crash, splash, hiss, pop, pow
300
conversation between characters that reveal their traits and advance action in the story. Also, tell what punctuation you see that indicates this in a story
What is dialogue? quotations marks
300
When a character has a problem with him or herself in his/her mind
What is internal conflict?
400
An event occurs that directly contradicts the expectations of the characters, the reader or the audience. when the opposite thing happens in a story than what you expected
What is situational irony?
400
A character who stays the same throughout the story
What is a static character?
400
the sequence of events in a literary work
What is the plot?
400
central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work. name the general version of this term too
What is the theme? man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature
400
when the problem or conflict in the story is introduced in the plot
What is the inciting incident?
500
contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader knows to be true.
What is dramatic irony?
500
characters who contrast one another
What are foils?
500
the end of the story in the plot
What is the denouement?
500
the writer's attitude toward the topic, audience or subject
What is the tone?
500
give an example of a conflict from each of the following themes:
man vs. man
man vs. nature
man vs. self
man vs. man (fighting or arguing)
man vs. nature (man against a storm, hurricane or animal)
man vs. self (person thinking or doesn't know what to do)