What's the Story?
The point of heightened excitement in a story
What is the Climax
This term is used to describe the sequence of events, in the order they are told
What is plot
This occurs when the author directly states what the character’s personality is like.
What is direct characterization
This type of irony is also known as sarcasm
What is verbal irony
This term describes a direct comparison between two unlike things NOT using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor
The end of a story showing the final outcome and effects on characters
What is the Resolution
This term describes the primary focus of a story's plot; two or more opposing forces which drive the plot
What is conflict
This is a character who changes throughout a story
What is a dynamic character
This type of irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not
This term refers to the way a narrator/speaker/character speaks (their attitude towards the subject).
What is tone
The longest portion of a story where the tension builds
This term refers to details in a story which relate to and help readers predict later events
What is foreshadowing
This term describes a one-dimensional stereotyped character with very few traits
What is a flat character
This type of irony occurs when a scenario's outcome is opposite of what is expected
This term refers to the way a text makes the reader feel; the feeling created in the reader.
What is mood
The part of the story where characters, setting and conflict are introduced
What is the Exposition
This is the perspective from which a story is told; relationship between the narrator and the events of the story
What is Point of View
This occurs when an author describes/shows a character through their thoughts, actions, speech, and dialogue
What is indirect characterization
In Aladdin, we know that Prince Ali is actually Aladdin, but Jasmine does not
What is dramatic irony
This term describes a person, place, thing, or event that has meaning in itself and that also stands for something more than itself.
What is a symbol
This 'fancy' word can be subbed in for resolution, and at higher academic levels, often is
What is the Denouement
This term refers author's intended message or observation about people or life
What is theme
This term is used to describe a fully developed character with many different character traits
What is a round character
In "The Sniper," we as readers don't know that the Republican Sniper is the Free-State Sniper's brother, and neither do they
What is situational irony
This term refers to vivid descriptive writing that creates pictures in the reader's mind