Elements of Plot
Literary Devices
Figurative Language
Hodge Podge
Narration
100
 The most intense point of the story/The turning point of the story.
What is Climax?
100
Adjectives used to describe the qualities of a character. 
What are character traits?
100
Comparing two unlike things using like or as. (As she took off her hat, her hair spilled out like root beer.)
What is a Simile?
100
A direct comparison between two unlike things in which one thing becomes another. (His stomach was a rumbling storm.)
What is a Metaphor?
100
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
200
The end of the story. (What happens at the end.)
What is the Resolution?
200
Where and when a story takes place.
What is Setting?
200
A phrase in which similar sounds are found in the beginning of most of the words. (She sells sandwiches so she can skate.)
What is an Alliteration?
200
Language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell).
What is Imagery?
200
The perspective a story is told from when the main character is telling the story.
What is first person point of view?
300

The events that occur after the climax. (The situation becomes less intense/things start to settle down.)

What is Falling Action?
300
The moral/lesson of the story
What is Theme?
300
Giving human qualities to animals and objects. (The ocean coughed its waves upon the shore.)
What is a Personification?
300

The way an author makes a character seem real, by describing his/her traits, qualities, and actions.

What is characterization?
300

The attitude a narrator takes as he/she tells the story, (setting, characterization, and language may contribute to this).

What is tone?
400
A Problem between forces: Char. vs. Char., Char. vs. Nature, Char. vs. Society, Char. vs. Self.
What is Conflict?
400

The feeling the reader gets as they read the text. The setting, characters, details, images and words contribute to this.

What is Mood?
400
Words that sound like their actions. (As we walked down the road, the gravel crunched and crackled under our feet.)
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
A figurative phrase that is not meant to be taken literally/just a saying.("Go fly a kite!")
What is an idiom?
400

The perspective a story is told from when the narrator only knows the thoughts/feelings of only one character.

What is third person limited point of view?

500
All the elements that are introduced in the beginning of the story such as setting, characters, and the initial tone.
What is the Exposition?
500
The main character in a piece of literature(usually the "good guy").

Who is the protagonist?

500
An exaggerated statement used to heighten the effect. (I was so hungry, I could have eaten a horse.)
What is a Hyperbole?
500
The use of clues or hints given beFORE events occur  in the plot.
What is Foreshadowing?
500

The perspective a story is told from when the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.

What is omniscient point of view?
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