The narrator of a poem, or the person you "hear" as you read the poem.
Who is the speaker?
100
The turning point, or the most exciting part of a story.
What is the climax?
100
Types of characters that are the most important to the story.
What are main characters?
100
Stories that exaggerate the truth.
What are tall tales?
200
Your eyes are as bright as the stars in the sky?
What is a simile?
200
It is how a poem is broken into "paragraphs".
What is a stanza?
200
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
200
Types of characters that are less important to the story than the main character. The story doesn't focus on them but they help to move the story along.
What are minor characters?
200
Narrative stories that are not true, but are based on history?
What is historical fiction?
300
The wind whispered in my ear.
What is personification?
300
Words ending with the same sounds?
What is rhyme?
300
Kind, Friendly, Brave, Intelligent, Talkative
What are character traits?
300
The main character in the story is also known as....
What is protagonist or hero?
300
A story written by oneself about one's own life.
What is an autobiography?
400
When an author uses vivid descriptions, including the 5 senses.
What is imagery?
400
A short humorous poem made up of 5 lines.
What is a limerick?
400
The stage of the plot that develops the conflict. It is where the action and excitement grows.
What is the rising action?
400
The character that is working against the main character.
What is antagonist or villain?
400
A story that has been passed down, generation to generation, by word of mouth, where often a lesson is learned.
What is a folk tale?
500
The use of authentic speech, as is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.
What is dialect?
500
When a sound, word, or phrase is repeated for emphasis.
What is repetition?
500
The lesson that a story intends to teach.
What is a moral?
500
Characters that go through important changes in a story.
What is a dynamic character?
500
A narrative that is not real, but could be real. It is set in the real world, with characters that behave like real people.