Plot Diagram
Symbolism and Imagery
Character and Conflict
Name That Device 1
Name That Device 2
Mystery Category
100
The pivotal moment that changes everything in the story.
What is the climax?
100
This literary device is used when assigning value and meaning to an object.
What is symbolism?
100
The entire story revolves around this character.
Who is the protagonist?
100
This literary device is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
"He had the eye of a vulture—a pale blue eye, with a film over it."
This line from Tell-Tale Heart is an example of what poetic device?
Metaphor
100
Explain the difference between Direct and Indirect Characterization.
Direct: The author TELLS us information about the character.
Indirect: The author SHOWS us information about the character.
200
This is the beginning of the story and usually introduces the setting and most main characters.
What is the exposition?
200
True or False:
Words, colors, images, and actions can also be symbols.
True
200
This is the character or force that creates conflict for the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
200
"She has a heart of gold" is an example of this literary device that makes a comparison without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
200
In her short story "Super Human", author Nicola Yoon uses writes: "The accident seemed to happen in slow motion. There was a sound - wheels slipping too fast across asphalt. A smell that reminded her of being a kid and lighting balloons on fire in her backyard." Yoon's use of senses in her writing is an example of what?
Imagery
200
These are the three types of Connections that a reader can make to a story? (Hint: Text to ______)
What are Text to Self, Text to Text, and Text to World?
300
This the ending point of a story.
What is the resolution?
300
This object, often exchanged at weddings, can symbolize commitment.
What is a wedding ring?
300
This type of conflict occurs all inside of a person's head.
What is either: internal conflict or Character vs Self
300
The following sentence is an example of which literary device?
"Mr. Foley is the greatest, kindest, funniest, most intelligent, and thoughtful teacher that has ever existed in the history of humankind. We are all so blessed to have the incredible honour of existing in the same timeline as him."
What is hyperbole? (I will also accept "What is the truth?")
300
"Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell."
This quote from the Narrator of Tell-Tale Heart is an example of what device?
Hyperbole
300
This type of narrator may provide incorrect details to mislead the reader.
What is an unreliable narrator?
400
The event that spurs everything into motion.
What is the conflict or inciting incident?
400
"Symbolism" is different than "personification" because "personification" means assigning these characteristics to an object.
What are human or personality characteristics?
400
This clip from "Mitchells vs The Machines" is an example of what type of conflict?
Character vs Technology (or Character vs Self)
400
In this clip from the classic film The Princess Bride, Inigo Montoya demonstrates what type of literary device (over and over)?
What is Repetition?
400
This description of Margot from All Summer in a Day is an example of which device?
"She was an old photograph dusted from an album, whitened away, and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost."
Metaphor
400
***DAILY DOUBLE***
When writing a Paragraph, you are asked to follow the S.E.E. Structure. What does S.E.E. stand for?
What is Supporting Point, Example, and Explanation?
500
Action(s) that slowly change the fictional world and build to the climax.
What is rising action?
500
The short film "Purl" is about a ball of yarn with human characteristics struggling to fit in at an office of (mostly) white men. How do the filmmakers use symbolism?
Purl is a symbol for women and other minority groups who don't feel like they fit in with the predominantly white, male office culture.
500
Which point of view is the following sentence?
"Lily and Grace were too busy jumping on their Dad to hear him say "OW! STOP! STOP JUMPING ON ME! OW!"
Third Person
500
As seen in the video, the 1960's Batman show used this literary device with great OOMPH in its fight scenes.
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
In the Tell Tale Heart, the narrator insists on his sanity while describing his meticulous plan to commit murder, which is inherently irrational. This is an example of what?
Irony
500
*DAILY DOUBLE*
These are the FIVE factors to consider when figuring out the setting of a story.
Time, Place, Weather Conditions, Social Conditions, and Mood/Atmosphere.