Plot Arc
I am what comes after the beginning, but before the Climax of a story.
What is the Rising Action?
The protagonist of a story usually completes this.
What is the Heroic Journey (or Cycle)?
I show one or two personality traits in a story and I don't change.
What is a flat character?
I am a group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza (or verse)?
This is the main point being argued in a persuasive essay.
What is the claim?
Without me, there is no reason to tell the story!
What is the Conflict?
I'm ready and willing to take up the journey!
What is a gung-ho (willing/active) hero?
I am the main character in the story.
Who is the protagonist?
I take the reader on an extensive journey.
What is an epic poem?
This rhetorical device is designed to make you feel feelings.
What is pathos?
I tell you all about the people and the setting at the beginning of the story.
What is the Exposition?
You might think I'm a bad guy, but I just fight evil in my own way, for my own reasons.
What is an anti-hero?
I am the main villain in the story.
Who is the antagonist?
Writing that communicates beyond the literal meaning of words.
What is figurative language?
This is a list of research material with summaries and explanations of why each work was referenced in an essay.
What is a bibliography?
I take you out of the worst crisis in the story and back to the road home.
What is the Falling Action?
My own wild emotions and actions get in the way of my life and will most likely lead to my death... but I'll be redeemed.
What is a tragic hero?
I am complicated, surprising, show growth and change over the course of the story, and I play an important role even if I'm not the main character.
Who is a dynamic (or complex) character?
Name the following rhyme scheme:
Rhyme schemes
Make dreams
Of words
Ya heard?
What is an AA/BB rhyme scheme?
I am an idea that pervades the whole story, recurring repeatedly.
What is the theme?
When the audience is dropped into the story without exposition.
What is in medias res?
I'm an outsider who loves to roam, but I'm pulled into adventure with others from time to time.
What is a loner hero?
I am used to enhance another character through contrast.
Who is a foil character?
I hint at something without saying is explicitly.
What is allusion?
The following is an example of what rhetorical device: She carefully watered, gently pruned, mindfully fed, and lovingly dusted the houseplants.
What is parallel structure?