Plot Stucture
Characterization
Rhetorical Devices
Figurative Language
Literary Device
100
The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved
What is the resolution?
100
Main character in a story
Protagonist
100
A question that is asked in order to make a statement. Doesn't not expect an answer.
Rhetorical question
100
Her laughter sounded like bells
What is a simile?
100
When reading a ghost story, you might feel tense and afraid.
This is the term used for how a piece of literature makes the reader feel.
What is mood?
200
The major turning point of a story
What is the climax
200
The person who is opposed to the main character in a story
antagonist
200
What rhetorical device is being used in the following example:
8 out of 10 people prefer the taste of Coke over Pepsi.
Logos
200
Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset
What is a metaphor?
200
When Ms. Muse talks about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is excited and fanatic.
This is the term used for how the character feels when they are talking in a piece of fiction.
What is tone?
300
The beginning of a story
What is the exposition
300
Characters that help the main character
minor or supporting characters
300
Logos
300
When the author uses visual/sight, audial/sound, tactile/touch, olfactory/smell, gustatory/taste in their writing.
imagery
300
Clues in a piece of fiction that hint at the future of the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
400
Conflicts occur to build tension and move plot forward during this
What is rising action
400
What is Direct Characterization
Direct words that describe a character
400
Pathos
400
"That sandwich is calling my name"
"The sun smiled down at them"
Personification
400
When a different result from what was expected takes place
"The Titanic was touted as an "Unsinkable" ship, yet it sank on its first voyage
irony
500
After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this
What is falling action
500
What is indirect characterization
Shows what the character is like based on what they do and what others say about them.
500
Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you are going to get.
Analogy
500
An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else
What is a symbol?
500
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
"His runs faster than a a jet plane"
Hyperbole