Stories and such
Just figures
Tales not a tail
Hodge podge
Prose not poetry
100
The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest. It is after the exposition (beginning/introduction), rising action and conflict are present. It is the highest point, peak, of action and occurs before the falling action and resolution. At this time something happens to tell how the conflict will turn out.
What is the climax?
100
A comparison between two seemingly unlike things where one thing is talked about as another thing, without using like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
The "big idea" or broad message behind a story.
What is the theme?
100
An expression peculiar to a particular language that means something other than the literal meaning of the words. For example: "Hold your tongue" does not mean to literally grab your tongue with your fingers.
What is an idiom?
100
An account that is basically made up rather than actually being true.
What is fiction?
200
Person, animal, or inanimate object in a story, play, or other literary work.
What is a character?
200
Language that appeals to the five senses…words that make the reader think he/she can see, smell, taste, hear, and feel things
What is imagery or sensory language?
200
Involoved in the work's central conflict, the main good character or hero? In "Flower's for Algernon" Charlies is this character
Who is the protagonist?
200
An exaggeration such as; "Miss muffet's eyes were as big as saucers when she saw the spider."
What is Hyperbole?
200
The character that is opposing the protagonist (the bad guy).
Who is the antagonist?
300
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing
300
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning. Ex. Buzz, rustle, boom, tick-tock, tweet,k-boom…
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
A short account of an incident within a story (especially a biographical one).
What is anecdote?
300
To say the opposite of what you mean, this can be done humorously or in a cutting manor.
What is sarcasm?
300
The series of related events that make up a story…the introduction is known as exposition, the complications are known as rising action, the most exciting part is know as climax, the beginning of resolving the problems is known as falling action, and when the problems are solved or the story is closed, this is known as the resolution.
What is plot?
400
The time and place of a story, play, or narrative poem.
What is setting?
400
A reference in literature to a well-known person, myth, fairy tale, historical event, biblical story, nursery rhyme etc.
What is allusion?
400
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. For example “the operation of a computer presents an interesting comparison to the working of the brain.” A fill in the blank variety; hot is to cold as high is to ______________?
What is analogy?
400
When you expect one thing and the opposite happens.
What is irony?
400
One of the characters, using the personal pronoun “I” tells the story.
What is First-Person Point-of-View?
500
A story written about a person’s life, but it is written by another person.
What is a biography?
500
When a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human thought, feeling, or attitudes.
What is personification?
500
A struggle with an internal force…Man vs. Self. The conflict is emotional.
What is internal conflict?
500
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood literally. Three common forms are the simile (the sun was shining like a new penny), the metaphore (the sun was a huge unblinking eye) and the personification (the sun smiled down on Hockinson Middle School).
What is a figure of speech or figurative language?
500
A struggle with outside forces…three types: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society.
What is a external conflict?
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