The Basics
Reader's Choice
Story Pieces
A Short Story
Author Creations
100
This perspective, or point of view, uses "I" and "me" when telling their story.
What is a first person narrator?
100
This part of the plot is the most important event or the turning point in a story.
What is the climax?
100

This term is defined as anything that represents itself as well as something else. 

What a symbol?

100
The playground at Jefferson Elementary is an example of this.
What is the setting?
100

When a writer uses elements such as diction, syntax, and imagery, this is an example of their _____.

What is style?

200

She gave me the cold shoulder is an example of what term?

What is figurative language?

200

This term represents the changes or growth in an individual’s characteristics over the course of a narrative.

What is characterization/ character development?

200
This term is defined as the place (location), date time period, weather or other aspects of when and where the story occurs.
What is the setting?
200

A character bullying another character is an example of this literary term.

What is conflict?

200

When, at the end of a story, a character reflects on the events of the story or shows some form of growth, this part of the plot is known as this literary element. 

What is the resolution?

300
This term represents an unexpected twist, or the difference between appearance and reality in a literary work.
What is irony?
300
“He let his drool yo-yo from his lips.” and “His teeth green like the underside of a rock.” are examples of this literary term.
What is imagery?
300
This term stands for the unfolding of events in a story including: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
What is the plot?
300
The statement "People's backgrounds may determine their actions" is an example of this literary term.
What is theme?
300
Authors often use this literary device to send readers a message, or teach them a lesson.
What is a theme?
400
This term represents the view or perspective from which a story is being told.
What is point of view?
400
This term stands for the attitude of the author or speaker toward the subject matter being discussed.
What is tone?
400
This term is defined as a struggle or problem between two opposing forces, either external or internal.
What is a conflict?
400

The author showing an attitude of sympathy or mercy for the topic of the story is an example of this literary term.

What is tone?

400
Authors use this literary device to paint a picture in the audience's mind as they read.
What is imagery?
500
Authors use this technique to hint to events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Authors use this literary device to create an impending feeling of doom, or to warn of future events.
What is foreshadowing?
500
This term represents the main idea, or underlying meaning, message, or moral of a literary work.
What is a theme?
500

Making a reference to the bible in "The Gift of the Magi" is an example of this term.

What is an allusion?

500

When a story ends in a way that no one could have expected or predicted, the author is using this literary device. 

What is irony?

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