language that appeals to the senses, imagination, creating pictures in the reader's mind
What is Imagery
100
a story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
What is Atmosphere
100
the part of the story which follows the climax or turning point leading to the ending of the story
What is Falling Action or Resolution
100
The highest point or turning point in the action of a story
What is Climax
100
beginning part of a plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts
What is Exposition or Basic Situation
200
a comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is Metaphor
200
mask or voice assumed by a writer
What is Persona
200
the central part of the story during which various problems arise, leading up to the climax
What is Rising Action
200
The problems and or complications in a story, every story has to have one
What is Conflict
200
scene that interrupts the present action to go back and tell what happened at an earlier time
What is Flashback
300
a comparison using "like or as"
What is Simile
300
a nonhuman thing is given a nonhuman quality, something you and I can do, "the frog danced all night"
What is Personification
300
What kind of figurative language is this
"The car handled like a tank"
What is Simile
300
saying one thing and meaning the opposite, Sarcasm
What is verbal irony
300
a narrative in which characters and settings stand for abstract ideas or moral qualities
What is Allegory
400
an exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
400
all knowing narrator, God-like, no secrets, point of view
What is Omniscient Point of View
400
What kind of figurative language is this
"the rock stubbornly refused to move"
What is Personification
400
when one of the characters is telling the story, using the pronoun I, point of view
What is first-person
400
reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
What is Allusion
500
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Crackle, pop, fizz, click, zoom, and chirp are examples
What is Onomatopoeia
500
traditional story that is rooted in a particular culture, is basically religious, and usually serves to explain a belief, a ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon, The Odyssey
What is Myth
500
uncertainty or anxiety the reader feels about what is going to happen next in a story