Rhetorical Devices
Grammar
All About The Plot
Mixed Bag
Randoms
100
Assigning Human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification.
100
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun.
100
The part of the plot where the author introduces the setting and some of the characters.
What is the EXPOSITION or INTRODUCTION.
100
This is another word for the MAIN CHARACTER in a story.
What is the PROTAGONIST.
100
The country where the short story "The Dinner Party" takes place.
What is INDIA.
200
A comparison of two things using the words like, as or than.
What is a simile
200
The function of this part of speech is to modify a noun.
What is an adjective.
200
These are the three elements of setting.
What are TIME, PLACE, and CIRCUMSTANCE.
200
The THREE METHODS OF CHARACTERIZATION.
What are: WHAT A CHARACTER SAYS WHAT A CHARACTER DOES WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HIM/HER.
200
The point of view where the author uses the words "I", "me", "us", "we".
What is first person.
300
Something opposite to what is expected.
What is IRONY.
300
The part of speech the word "BUSY" is in the following sentence: Tanya is very BUSY this week.
What is an adjective.
300
The part of the plot where the conflicts are developed.
What is RISING ACTION.
300
The name of the antagonist in "Just Lather, That's All"
Who is TORRES.
300
The number of glasses of drinks in "Burnt Toast"
What is 13.
400
The wheels of justice turn slowly.
What is METAPHOR.
400
The part of speech the word "WENT" is in the following sentence: We WENT to the Senators game last night.
What is a verb.
400
The 6 parts of the plot in order.
What are inciting event, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
400
When the author gives a hint early in the story about what’s to come later.
What is FORESHADOWING.
400
An over-simplification or generalization about a group of people.
What is a STEREOTYPE.
500
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
What is HYPERBOLE.
500
A part of speech (a word) that modifies a verb.
What is an ADVERB.
500
The message or moral that the author tries to convey in a short story.
What is THEME.
500
The inciting event in "Lamb to the Slaughter"
What is when Patrick tells Mary that he's leaving her.
500
This is the place where the Gladers slept in "The Maze Runner" when the walls didn't close anymore.
What is The Homestead?
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