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The events in a story and how they unfold
What is plot
When a book, event, painting, character, or event is referenced
What is allusion
The good character in a story
Who is protagonist
This author created the English sonnet. Their theatre was called "The Globe."
William Shakespeare
This piece of punctuation can be used to join together two clauses.
What is a comma
A story retelling a personal event, experience, or memory that impacted the author's life
What is personal narrative
When two things are directly compared
What is metaphor
When a story offers clues about what might happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing
This author recited an original poem at President Biden's inauguration. The poem is titled, "The Hill We Climb."
Who is Amanda Gorman
This piece of punctuation can be used to join two clauses are part of the same thought.
What is a semi-colon
A way of expressing a thought without using the word's literal meaning
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses
The vantage point from which a story is told
What is point of view
This author wrote the poem titled, "See it Through"
This type of noun should be capitalized, even if it does not start the sentence.
What is a proper noun
What is personification
When two things are compared using the words like or as
What is simile
Who is antagonist
This author wrote some eerie literature, one of which is "This is a Photograph of Me."
Who is Margaret Atwood
This sentence needs punctuation but does not have it.
What is a run-on sentence
"I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse!"
What is hyperbole
An author's word choices to convey an idea or point of view; how they tell a story
What is diction
The mood created by the story's setting
What is atmosphere
Who is Claude McKay
The term for two subjects in one sentence.