Characters
Figurative Language
Parts of a Story
Word Parts
Miscellaneous/Random
100
Protagonist
What is a character that goes against the antagonist, usually the "good guy"?
100
Simile
What is a comparison using like or as?
100
Exposition
What is the beginning of a story where the characters, plot, and setting are usually introduced?
100
Prefix
What is added to the beginning of a root word to make a new word?
100
1st Person
What is a character that is in the story that is also narrating the story?
200
Antagonist
What is usually the "bad guy", goes against the protagonist, usually starts most conflicts?
200
Metaphor
What is a comparison NOT using like or as?
200
Resolution
What is the final outcome of a story, where the conflict is generally resolved?
200
Suffix
What is added to the end of a root word to create a new word?
200
Bias
What is a strong opinion in favor or against a particular subject?
300
Dynamic Character
What is a character that undergoes change in a story?
300
Idiom
What is a phrase that compares two things, not to be taken literally?
300
Climax
What is the most exciting or the turning point of the story?
300
Root Word
What is the base word before suffixes and prefixes are added?
300
Theme
What is the moral or the recurring lesson of the story?
400
Static Character
What is a character that undergoes little to no change in a story?
400
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration?
400
Rising Action
What is the time after the exposition where the problem is introduced and the plot begins?
400
Etymology
What is the study of word origins?
400
Denotation
What is the literal, dictionary definition of a word?
500
Flat Character
What is a character that doesn't show many sides in the story, 2-dimensional, minor character?
500
Onomatopoeia
What is a word that suggests a sound, such as boom or meow?
500
Falling Action
What is the time after the climax where the problems start to resolve and the plot slows down?
500
Affix
What is the letters placed before/after a root word (prefixes and/or suffixes)?
500
Syntax
What is the arrangement of words to form a grammatically correct sentence?
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