Freytag's Pyramid
Characters
Dealing with Words
Figurative Language and Imagery
Potpourri
100
the part of the story that is a reaction to the most exciting part
What is the climax?
100
the author explains directly what the character is like (kind, evil, etc.)
What is direct characterization?
100
word choice
What is diction?
100
a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things, using a term such as like, as, resembles, or than.
What is a simile?
100
A central or key message of a text?
What is a theme?
200
the part of the story that introduces the setting and the characters.
What is the exposition?
200
The author shows what the character is like by presenting the character's manner of speech, actions, dress (appearance), by indicating what others think or say about the character and by revealing what the character himself or herself thinks.
What is indirect characterization?
200
Fear in "The Most Dangerous Game" is an example of what in the story?
What is a topic?
200
a figure of speech that compares two unlike things in which one thing becomes another thing (or is another thing) without the use of the words like, as, than, or resembles.
What is a metaphor?
200
the outcome of events or the state of affairs is the opposite of what one would expect.
What is situational irony?
300
the part of the story that introduces the main conflict
What is the inciting incident?
300
a character who changes in some important way as a result of what happens in the story. Change may involve some new knowledge or a different way of behaving or feeling.
What is a dynamic character?
300
words imply the opposite of what they literally mean.
What is verbal irony?
300
a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself
What is a symbol?
300
the reader perceives something significant that the character misses.
What is dramatic irony?
400
the part of the story that explains whether or not the main conflict was solved
What is falling action?
400
a character who remains the same or changes very little from beginning to end.
What is a static character?
400
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is connotation?
400
What are 3 kinds of imagery that begin with the letter "s"?
What are sight, sound, and smell sensory details?
400
sensory details
What is imagery?
500
the part of the story that “unknots” any secondary sub-plots and/or gives additional information about the future beyond the main story
What is the denouement?
500
the character who presents an obstacle in the story or who is involved in the most important conflict with the main character.
What is antagonist?
500
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
What is denotation?
500
What are 2 kinds of imagery that begin with the letter "t"?
What are touch and taste sensory details?
500
clues which hint at events to come in a play or story
What is foreshadowing?
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