Plot Stucture
Figurative Language
Literary Device
100

The end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved

What is the resolution?

100
Her laughter sounded like bells
What is a simile?
100

An interruption in the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life

What is a flashback?

200
The major turning point of a story
What is the climax
200
Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset
What is a metaphor?
200

author's use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude towards a topic

What is tone?

300
The beginning of a story
What is the exposition
300

language that appeals to all of the human senses, including sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell

What is imagery?

300

a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story

What is foreshadowing?

400
Conflicts occur to build tension and move plot forward during this
What is rising action
400
I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!
What is a hyperbole?
400

Ex: jumbo shrimp

What is an oxymoron?

500
After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this
What is falling action
500
An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else
What is a symbol?
500

a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

What is allusion?

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