Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Misc. Terms
100
Compaison using like or as
What is a simile?
100

The series of events that create a story. 

What is the plot?

100
The use of concrete things to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
100

The ways a character is described.

What is characterization?

200
An inten tionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
200

The turning point of the story.

What is the climax?

200
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200

What a word suggests, not what it actually means.  It is not the dictionary definition. 

What is connotation?

300
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
basic truth or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
300
The implication that the actual situation is quite different than that represented.
What is irony?
300
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
400
The car dared me to drive faster.
What is personification?
400

The when and where the story takes place.

What is the time and place setting?

400

When characters think back to a past event or memory?

What is flashback?

400

The hints that help the reader come to a conclusion about an event or person in the story. 

What is inference?

500

The sizzling sun shone on the silky sand

What is alliteration?

500

What does the exposition do? 

Reveals the story's characters and setting.  Some call it the introduction of the story. 

500

When he looked at the Statue of Liberty, he knew all would be okay. This is an example of what?

What is symbolism?

500

an introduction or preface to the story, the author's setting forth a purpose or meaning  

What is the prologue?

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