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100

When a reader knows something that a character does not know

What is dramatic irony

100

A character is struggling with something inside himself or herself

What is internal conflict?
100

A struggle (the problem in the story)

What is conflict?

100

Clues or hints about something that is going to happen later in the story.  This may be presented as memories, dreams, or stories of the past told characters.

What is flashback?

100

The central or main character

What is the protagonist?

200

The time and place of the story

What is setting?

200

Something that stands for something more than itself

What is a symbol?

200

A figure of speech in which "like" or "as" is used to make a comparison between ideas that are basically dissimilar

What is simile?

200

The highest point of intensity in a short story

What is the climax?
200

The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human

What is personification?

300

Character (s) in opposition to the main character

What is the antagonist?

300

A difference between what is said and what is meant

What is verbal irony?

300

The  sequence of events in a story.  This includes the exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution

What is plot?

300

The feeling a piece of literature creates in a reader

What is mood?

300

The word sounds like what it describes

What is onomatopoeia?

400

The perspective from which a story is told

What is point of view?

400

The conflict of a story is resolved

What is resolution?

400

The person or character telling the story

Who is the narrator?

400

Words or phrases that appeal to the reader's five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch

What is imagery?

400

A character struggles against an outside force

What is external conflict?

500

A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

500

The central idea that is communicated in a literary work, sometimes expressed directly and stated clearly

What is theme?

500

A reference to something else in literature

What is allusion?

500

A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen

What is situational irony?

500

The attitude or feeling that comes across in a piece of literature

What is tone?

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