The beginning part of the plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts
What is exposition?
100
One of the characters is telling the story, using the pronoun "I"
What is first person point of view?
100
Spell the word that is the general term for the contrast between expextation and reality
What is i-r-o-n-y?
100
This is the major division of a play
What is act?
100
Words that are spoken by a character in a play to the audience or to another character but that are not supposed to be heard by the others onstage
What is aside?
200
the actions which lead up to the climax; the problems and conflicts
What is rising action?
200
The reader is the main character of the story, using the pronoun "you"
What is second person point of view?
200
When the story ends differently than is expected
What is situational irony?
200
This is the minor division of an act
What is scene?
200
A long speech in which a character who is alone onstage expresses his or her thoughts aloud
What is soliloquy?
300
Moment of great emotional intensity or suspense in a plot
What is climax?
300
The narrator, who plays no part in the story, zooms in on the thoughts and feelings of just one character
What is third person limited point of view?
300
When a character says the opposite of what is meant
What is verbal irony?
300
Instructions in a play intended to give the actors information about how to perform their part, move on the stage, or use props and scenery
What is stage directions?
300
A long speech by one character while other characters are onstage
What is monologue?
400
Follows the climax and leads to the resolution
What is falling action?
400
The narrator knows everything there is to know about the characters and their problems
What is third person omniscient point of view?
400
When the reader has knowledge that some characters in the story do not have
What is dramatic irony?
400
The person or voice telling the story
What is narrator?
400
Conversation between characters in a story or play
What is dialogue?
500
The end of the story, also called the "denouement"
What is resolution?
500
Spell the word from the third person point of view that means "all-knowing"
What is o-m-n-i-s-c-i-e-n-t?
500
The title of this category is an allusion to a song with the same title. Name this songstress who finds a black fly in her chardonnay and who gets a death row pardon ten minutes too late.
Who is Alanis Morissette?
500
A story that is written to be acted for an audience, also called a play
What is drama?
500
Spell the word that is a speech by a character alone on the stage