An author's hints or clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
100
To speculate or hypothesize about something.
What is to theorize?
100
A scene in a book where the character goes back into his/her memory to explain something in the present.
What is a flashback?
200
The series of events in a story
What is plot?
200
Sammy the Snake is an example.
What is alliteration?
200
"I have a million things to do today, but I can't do anything yet because I am starving to death!"
This is sentence is an example of this literary device.
What is hyperbole?
200
This word root means "learn" or "know"
What is cogn-?
Extra points for identifying a word with the root.
200
A man stuck in an ice storm is an example of this type of conflict.
What is man versus nature (external)?
300
A struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces
What is conflict?
300
"Love is like a rose" is an example.
What is a simile?
Extra points if you can explain how this is different from a metaphor!
300
Man versus himself is an example of this type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
300
A conclusion reached based on evidence and learning.
What is an inference?
300
The Titanic was said to be a completely unsinkable ship, yet it sank on its first voyage.
This situation is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?
400
A protagonist
Who is a main character?
400
Personification
Giving a nonhuman object human characteristics
400
The "I" narrator is an example of this.
What is first person point of view?
400
An example would be the circumstances or background.
What is context?
400
The total feeling in a literary work.
What is mood?
500
The elements of story structure are (Hint: There are five)
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution?
(Extra points if in order!)
500
Writing that is not to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
500
The main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
What is theme?
500
To experience the thoughts, emotions, and situations of other.
What is to empathize?
Extra points if you can describe the difference between sympathy and empathy.
500
An author's choice of words.
What is word choice?
Extra points if you can name the word for sentence structure.