Something concrete, such as an object, person, place, or happening, that sounds for or represents something abstract such as an idea, a quality, or a conclusion
What is Symbol
100
A struggle between opposing forces
What is Conflict
100
The time and place of a story
What is Setting
100
Writing that is told in dialogue and written to be performed on a stage
What is Drama
100
The vantage point from which a story is told
What is Point of View
200
Interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time
What is Flashback
200
A person or animal in a story, a play, or another literary work
What is Character
200
The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest
What is Climax
200
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot
What is Foreshadowing
200
* BONUS * (worth DOUBLE POINTS) The main character in "The Most Dangerous Game"
Who is Rainsford
300
The series of related events that make up a story
What is Plot
300
Prose writing that deals with real people, things, events and places
What is Nonfiction
300
The main character in a piece of literature
What is Protagonist
300
The general idea or insight about life that a work or literature reveals
What is Theme
300
* BONUS * (worth DOUBLE POINTS) This character from "The Most Dangerous Game" was big, deaf, and dumb
Who is Ivan
400
The language used by people who live in a certain place
What is Dialect
400
A figure of speech in which things are endowed with human qualities
What is Personification
400
What characters say in a story, drama, poem, etc. In stories, this is usually marked with "quotation marks."
What is Dialogue
400
A person or force which opposes the protagonist in a literary work
What is Antagonist
400
This describes two things using "like" or "as"
What is Simile
500
A stated likness or comparison between two unlike things or the relationship that exists between them
What is Analogy
500
A dramatic presentation of serious actions in which the chief character has a disastrous fate
What is Tragedy
500
In fiction and drama, this is the part of a plot that gives information about the characters and their problems or conflicts
What is Exposition
500
The person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, etc
What is Author
500
This describes two thing without using "like" or "as"