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 the story.

What is first person?

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 any person, animal, or figure represented in a literary work.
What is a character?
100
The playground at Jefferson Elementary is an example of this.
What is the setting?
100

This literary term best describes what Peter Parker is an example of.

What is the character? (or main character)?

200
Ariel, Flounder, and Sebastian are examples of this term from what movie?
What are characters from The Little Mermaid?
200
This term represents the changes or growth in an individual’s characteristics over the course of a narrative.
What is 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

Frankie T. bullying the narrator is an example of this literary term.

What is conflict?

200

Events like Peter Parker being bit by a spider, turning into Spider-Man, and saving New York are an example of this literary term.

What is the plot?

300

This term represents the view or perspective from which a story is being told.

What is point of view?

300

Authors use this literary device to paint a picture in the audience's mind as they read.

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 narrator feeling sympathetic or pity for Frankie T. is an example of this literary term.

What is tone?

300

This is the title we give to the person telling the story.

What is a narrator? 

400

This term represents an unexpected twist, or the opposite of what you expect to happen happening.

What is irony?

400

What are the two parts of the plot that happen after the climax of the story?

What is falling action and resolution? 

400
This term is defined as a struggle or problem between two opposing forces, either external or internal.
What is a conflict?
400

The statement "People's backgrounds may determine their actions" is an example of this literary term.

What is theme?

400

“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?

500
Authors use this technique to hint to events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500

This term stands for the attitude of the author or speaker toward the subject matter being discussed.

What is tone?

500
This term represents the main idea, or underlying meaning, message, or moral of a literary work.
What is a theme?
500

In "Fear", the narrator starting off scared, then at the end feeling sorry for Frankie, is an example of this literary term. 

What is character development?

500
In "Fear" by Gary Soto, Frankie T. bullying the narrator and then turning around and attempting to be his friend is an example of this literary term.
What is irony?
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