Figurative Language I
Figurative Language II
Literary Elements
Genres
Plot Elements of a Story
100
Allie’s cell phone dropped into the toilet like a falling star.
What is a simile?
100
She sings at the top of her lungs.
What is an idiom?
100
when the narrator is a character in the story telling the tale from his point of view
What is first person point of view?
100
stories that come from the author’s imagination
What is fiction?
100
introduces the reader to the main characters and overall setting of the story
What is exposition?
200
Old Mr. Johnson has been teaching here since the Stone Age.
What is a hyperbole?
200
buzz, hiss, roar, woof
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
people (and sometimes animals or other figures) that appear in the story
What are the characters?
200
writing that is true or factual
What is nonfiction?
200
ties up any loose ends and reveals the overall plot outcome
What is resolution?
300
Peggy heard the last piece of cheesecake in the refrigerator calling her name
What is personification?
300
This place is like a Garden of Eden.
What is an allusion?
300
when an outside narrator tells the story
What is third person point of view?
300
stories handed down through speech from generation to generation
What is folklore?
300
higher tension point in the story
What is the climax of the story?
400
Kathy arrived at the grocery store with an army of children.
What is a metaphor?
400
The sack fell into the river with a splash.
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
the main character
What is the protagonist?
400
writing that is meant to be acted on a stage (a play)
What is drama?
400
the reader learns the protagonist's fate, including whether he managed to overcome the conflict
What is falling action?
500
The wild and woolly walrus waits and wonders when we’ll walk by.
What is an alliteration?
500
The fire swallowed the entire forest.
What is personification?
500
the character with whom the protagonist has conflict
What is the antagonist?
500
writing that is concerned with the beauty of language
What is poetry?
500
the author builds tension and excitement, and the main conflict becomes clear
What is rising action?
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