A stories most emotional or suspensful moment. Also called the turningpoint.
What is Climax
100
A history of a person's life written and told by themselves.
What is an autobiography
100
Language that uses words for the five senses; tasting, smelling, hearing, seeing, feeling
What is sensory language
100
Conflict in a story that is represented by two people fighting each other.
Example: Percy Jackson against Luke in The Lightning Thief
What is Man vs. Man
100
A comparison made between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another.
What is metaphor
200
Series of events in a literary plot that follow the introduction.
What is rising action
200
Prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts.
What is non-fiction
200
A comparison between two unlike things, using the words like or as.
What is simile
200
The leading character of a story, the hero or heroine. Examples; Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen
What is protagonist
200
The repetition of the same or similar consonate sounds in words that are close together.
The purple polarbear went to the potty in the penthouse.
What is alliteration
300
Series of events in a literary plot that follows the climax.
What is falling action
300
A story or account that is made up rather than true.
What is fiction
300
An interruption in the action of a plot to tell what happened at an earlier time.
What is flashback
300
Conflict in a story that is represented by a man's internal struggle to do what is right.
What is Man vs. Self
300
Giving something that is not human (or alive), human characteristics.
What is personification
400
Point in a story in which problems are resolved or a course of action is determined.
What is Resolution
400
The story of a real person's life written or told by another person.
What is a biography
400
The attitude that a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character.
What is tone
400
This example represents which type of conflict:
A plane crashes on a desert island with only two teenage survivors, boys have little supplies and are struggling to survive.
What is Man vs. Nature
400
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing
500
The point in a story where the reader is introduced to the characters as well as the setting.
What is exposition
500
This kind of poetry tells a story.
What is narrative poetry
500
The use of words with sounds that echo their senses. example buzz, woosh, zip
What is onomatopoeia
500
The character who opposes the hero or heroine in a story. Example; President Snow & the game makers (Hunger Games), James & Victoria (Twilight)
What is antagonist
500
The overall emotion created by a work of literature.