Poetry Terms
Plot Chart
Story Elements
Parts of Speech
Misc.
100
In poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel
What is assonance?
100
The author gives you background info about the characters.
What is exposition?
100
The people, animals or creatures in the story.
What are characters?
100
Names a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
100
Person telling the story is part of it. (I, me, my, etc.)
What is first person?
200
The repetition of sounds at he beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
200
Events and conflicts that lead up to the climax.
What is rising action?
200
What happens in a story.
What is plot?
200
An action word.
What is verb?
200
Narrator is outside of the story. (she, he, they, etc.)
What is third person?
300
Comparing using like or as.
What is simile?
300
The exciting part of a story.
What is climax?
300
When and where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
A word in place of a noun.
What is pronoun?
300
Can be read in one setting. Focuses on 1 problem or character.
What is a short story?
400
Comparing not using like or as.
What is metaphor?
400
All of the loose ends are tied up.
What is falling action?
400
The main problem.
What is conflict?
400
A word that describes another word.
What is adjective?
400
The written conversation between two or more characters in a story.
What is dialogue?
500
Visually descriptive or figurative language.
What is imagery?
500
The end of a story.
What is resolution?
500
The message, lesson, or topic.
What is the theme?
500
A word or phrase that describes a verb or an adjective.
What is an adverb?
500
The struggle that takes place within a characters mind.
What is internal conflict?
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