Plot Stucture
The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved
What is the resolution (or denouement)?
This is when the author tells you about a character's personality. "The quiet girl and well-mannered boy were always obedient."
What is direct characterization
Many fairy tale characters are this because they are one-dimensional
What is a flat character
Her laughter sounded like bells
What is a simile?
When reading a ghost story, you might feel tense and afraid.
What is mood?
The major turning point of a story
What is the climax
This is when the reader must make an inference about characterization as opposed to the author telling about the character directly.
What is indirect characterization?
A complex character with many traits and multi-dimensional.
What is a round character
Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset
What is a metaphor?
When Ms. Muse talks about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is excited and fanatic.
What is tone?
The beginning of a story where the setting and characters are revealed
What is the exposition
The acronym STEAL stands for these 5 attributes used for analyzing indirect characterization
What are speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks
This type of character changes throughout the course of a story.
What is a dynamic character?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! (1) This is a synonym for sensory details. (2) Theses are the types of sensory detail for each sense.
What is imagery? What are visual/sight, audial/sound, tactile/touch, olfactory/smell, gustatory/taste? (half if both aren't answered)
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. Whose misadventures, piteous overthrows, do with their death, bury their parents' strife." This is an example of
What is foreshadowing?
Conflicts occur to build tension and move the plot forward during this
What is rising action
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! During Speak, Heather makes an action plan to become popular. (1) Making a plan to gain popularity is an example of this attribute of STEAL. (2) From the evidence above, the reader can infer that Heather is this.
(1) What are actions (2) What is concerned with other's opinions or What is uptight/obsessive
When a character in the story does not change, he or she is this
What is a static character (half-points) What is an antagonist
I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!
What is hyperbole?
When a different result from what was expected takes place (hint: 2 words)
What is situational irony?
After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this
What is falling action
A character that is typically the protagonist, has many character traits and changes from the beginning to the end of the story. This person is... (three words)
What is a round, complex, and dynamic character
An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else
What is a symbol?
When what the speaker says is intended to mean something different. (Hint: 2 words)
What is verbal irony?