Plot Stucture
Misc. Devices
Character Types
Figurative Language
Literary Device
100
The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved
What is the resolution?
100
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
100
Many fairy tale characters are this because they are one-dimensional
What is a flat character
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 way that a reader is feeling during while reading.

What is mood?

200
The major turning point of a story
What is the climax
200
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?
200

A complex and multi-dimensional character.

What is a round character

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 writer's attitude towards their work.

What is tone?

300
The beginning of a story
What is the exposition
300

The author gives inanimate objects human-like features and characteristics.

What is personification?

300

A character that changes and evolves over the course of the reading.

What is a dynamic character?

300

Language that appeals to the five senses

What is imagery?

300

This is used to give an indication or hint of what might happen in a story.  

What is foreshadowing?

400
Conflicts occur to build tension and move plot forward during this
What is rising action
400

A symbol that is consistently mentioned throughout a story.

What is a motif?

400

A character that does not change throughout the course of the reading would be considered this.

What is a static character?

400
I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!
What is a hyperbole?
400
When a different result from what was expected takes place (hint: 2 words)
What is situational irony?
500
After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this
What is falling action
500

A literary device that uses the letter sounds of a word to imitate the natural sound emitted from an object or action.

What is an onomatopoeia?

500

Characters that demonstrate opposite traits (example: Spongebob and Squidward)

What are foil characters? 

500
An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else
What is a symbol?
500
When what the speaker says is intended to mean something different. (Hint: 2 words)
What is verbal irony?
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