Figurative Language
Characters
Point of View
Components of Plot Mountain
Miscellaneous
100
Simile
What is a comparison between two things using like or as.
100
Protagonist
What is the "good guy" or main character.
100
Point of View
What is the way the story is told.
100
Exposition
What is the beginning of a story that introduces characters and settings.
100
Bias
What is influenced thinking.
200
Irony
What is when something that happens that is the exact opposite of what everyone expects.
200
Dynamic
What is a character that goes through change.
200
1st Person
What is narrated by the main character.
200
Resolution
What is the ending of a story.
200
Etymology
What is the study of the origin of words.
300
Idiom
What is a word or phrase not taken literally.
300
Static
What is a character that goes through little or no change.
300
3rd Person Limited
What is when the character knows only the thoughts & feelings of one character.
300
Climax
What is the most intense/exciting part of a story.
300
Thematic Statement
What is a sentence describing the theme.
400
Metaphor
What is comparison between two things not using like or as.
400
Round
What is a character that is changed by a conflict. Complex.
400
3rd Person Objective
What is when the narrator doesn't describe any character's thoughts, opinions, and feelings.
400
Rising Action
What is the main part of the story leading up to the climax. There is a lot of action.
400
Syntax
What is the arrangement of words to form well written sentences.
500
Figurative Language
What is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.
500
Flat
What is a character that is one-sided and not complicated.
500
3rd Person Omniscient
What is when the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all of the characters.
500
Falling Action
What is after the climax but before the resolution. Most conflicts become resolved.
500
Generalization
What is a general statement/concept made by an inference.
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