STORY ELEMENTS #1
LITERARY DEVICES #1
STORY ELEMENTS #2
LITERARY DEVICES #2
WILD CARD
100

THE MAIN CHARACTER IN A STORY

WHAT IS THE PROTAGONIST?

100

COMPARING 2 THINGS USING "LIKE" OR "AS"

WHAT IS A SIMILE?

100

THE MOST EXCITING/TENSE PART OF THE STORY

WHAT IS THE CLIMAX?

100

A DIRECT COMPARISON OF 2 THINGS- DOES NOT USE "LIKE" OR "AS"

WHAT IS A METAPHOR? 

100
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF: 


DOVE = PEACE

HEART= LOVE

WHAT IS SYMBOL?

200

THE PROBLEM IN THE STORY

WHAT IS CONFLICT?
200
DETAILS THAT REVEAL PERSONALITY TRAITS OF A CHARACTER

CHARACTERIZATION

200
HINTING AT SOMETHING THAT WILL OCCUR LATER IN THE STORY

WHAT IS FORESHADOWING? 

200

DESCRIPTIVE WORDS OR PHRASES THAT APPEAL TO THE 5 SENSES

WHAT IS IMAGERY?

200

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF: 

SOME DAY WE WILL FIND PEACE. 

SOME DAY WE WILL OVERCOME HATE.

SOME DAY WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. 

WHAT IS REPETITION?

300

WHEN AND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE

WHAT IS SETTING?

300

REPEATING WORDS OR PHRASES TO EMPHASIZE A POINT

WHAT IS REPETITION?

300
THE MESSAGE OR THEME OF THE STORY

WHAT IS CENTRAL IDEA?

300

WORDS THAT MIMIC THE SOUND THEY MAKE

WHAT IS ONOMATOPOEIA? 

300

BOUNCING BABY BOY IS AN EXAMPLE OF: 

WHAT IS ALLITERATION?

400

BUILDING A FEELING OF TENSION OR CURIOSITY

WHAT IS SUSPENSE?

400

REPEATING CONSONANT SOUNDS AT THE BEGINNING OF WORDS

WHAT IS ALLITERATION?

400
THE CHARACTER THAT CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR THE MAIN CHARACTER

WHO IS THE ANTAGONIST?

400

GIVING HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS TO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HUMAN

WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION? 

400

SPLAT! AND BOOM! ARE EXAMPLES OF: 

WHAT IS ONOMATOPOEIA? 

500

WHO IS TELLING THE STORY? WHAT TYPE OF NARRATION IS BEING USED?

POINT OF VIEW

500

AN EXTREME EXAGGERATION TO EMPHASIZE A POINT

WHAT IS HYPERBOLE?

500

GOING BACK IN TIME TO AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE STORY BEGAN

WHAT IS FLASHBACK? 

500

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS AN INTANGIBLE FEELING OR QUALITY

WHAT IS A SYMBOL? 

500

IF SOMEONE SAYS "I'M STARVING TO DEATH" THEY ARE USING: 

WHAT IS HYPERBOLE? 

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