Figurative Language
Literary Elements
Story Problems
Point of View
Plot Elements
100
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
What is hyperbole?
100

This is the place and time in which a story is set. 

What is setting?

100
A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play, what the character needs to overcome.
What is the Conflict?
100

This is the narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

What is point of view?

100
All events following the climax or turning point in the story. These events are a result of the action taken at the climax
What is Falling Action?
200
The branches bowed to the ground.
What is personification?
200

This is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.

What is characterization?

200
A plane crashes on a deserted island and a boy must survive what is the conflict?
What is Person vs Nature?
200

The story is told from the character's perspective. Uses "I". 

What is first person point of view?

200
Section that introduces characters, the setting, and conflicts
What is the Exposition?
300

Eek! The bee buzzed by my head.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

This is the attitude that a character, narrator or author takes towards a given subject.

What is tone?

300
I can't decide what to do; do I volunteer to help the homeless shelter or go to my friend's party this Friday.
What is Person vs. Self?
300

The story is told from the reader's perspective. Uses "you".

What is second person point of view?

300
Presents the highest point of interest and suspense in the story, the turning point in the story.
What is the Climax?
400
School is a prison.
What is a metaphor?
400

This is the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader through a story.

What is mood?

400
The Fort Cherry track team is in the State Finals against the Keystone Oaks track team.
What is Person vs. Person?
400
The story is told by an all-seeing, all-knowing narrator. Refers to the characters by name. 

What is third person omniscient? 

400
Builds tension in the story, consists of a series of complications. These occur when the main characters take action to resolve their problems and are met with further problems.
What is a Rising Action?
500
It is as hot as the Sahara Desert.
What is a simile?
500

This is the central, unifying idea of a text. It often says something about life or mankind. 

What is the theme? 

500

Person vs Self is an ________________ Conflict whereas Person vs Nature is an ________________Conflict.

What is Internal Conflict & External Conflict?

500

When the narrator tells the story from the perspective of a single protagonist, referring to them by name.

This is third person limited. 

500
the conclusion of a story
What is the Resolution?
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