Poetry
This poetic device involves the repetition of similar sounds at the end of words or lines
What is rhyme?
What is the sequence of events that make up the storyline of a narrative, including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
What is plot?
Starting a story at a crucial or dramatic moment
What is in medias res?
This part of speech is used to show action or state of being in a sentence.
What is a verb?
This poetic device compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."
What is similes?
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is "The climax"?
Another name for "main character"
What is a protagonist?
This punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause or separation of ideas within a sentence
What is a comma?
In literature, this is an object, person, or idea that represents something beyond its literal meaning
What is a symbol?
The character or force in a story that opposes or competes with the main character
What is a antagonist?
The time and place of the action in a literary work
What is setting?
These words are used to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences
What are conjunctions?
This literary device attributes human qualities or characteristics to non-human entities.
What is personification?
The part of the plot where all "loose ends" are tied up and the problem(s) have been solved
What is "The resolution"?
Fiction, drama and poetry
What are the three main branches of literature?
This term refers to the form of a verb used to indicate a past action or state
What is the past tense?
This literary device is a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs
What is irony?
The events following the climax in a work of fiction
What is the resolution?
The reader has access to one character's thoughts, but all the other characters are seen from the outside.
What is the third-person limited point of view?
This literary device involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is alliteration?