Conflict
Characterization
Inside the Story
Figurative Language
Name That Story!
100
The struggle between the main character and an outside force.
What is external conflict?
100
Attributes in characters that are revealed in the text.
What is characterization?
100
The reason behind a character's specific action or behavior.
What is motivation?
100
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a simile?
100
Harry Bittering wanted to go back to Earth after having to move to Mars, but him and his family slowly turn into the Martians.
What is "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed"?
200
The psychological struggle within the main character.
What is internal conflict?
200
Shows the personality of a character without telling.
What is indirect characterization?
200
Making a character reliable and giving them realistic actions.
What is consistent and believable?
200
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
200
Silky Bob and Jimmy end their friendship due to crime, time, and betrayl.
What is "After Twenty Years"?
300
A character against a force of nature or a representation of it.
What is person vs nature?
300
The author directly tells the reader the personality of a character.
What is direct characterization?
300
The villain of the story.
What is the antagonist?
300
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
300
A town receives a plentiful harvest each year due to stoning one of their citizens to death.
What is "The Lottery"?
400
The conflict between the main character and the members or laws of a higher power.
What is person vs. society?
400
"I looked in the mirror and saw the dark circles under my brown eyes." This is an example of what kind of characterization?
What is direct?
400
The lesson that the story tries to teach.
What is the moral?
400
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
What is irony?
400
A young man learns valuable life lessons after hanging out with an older woman for an evening.
What is a "Thank You M'am"?
500
The example of conflict in "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed".
What is person vs. self or person vs society?
500
"I yawned, trying to keep my eyes open during class." This is an example of what kind of characterization?
What is indirect?
500
An indirect reference often to a person, event, statement, theme, or work.
What is allusion?
500
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
What is a hyperbole?
500
A man slowly goes insane after murdering an old man.
What is "the Tell-Tale Heart"?
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