One of the characters reports on the events and other characters.
What is 1st person POV?
100
Words or phrases that mean the opposite of their literal meaning ("yeah, right...").
What is Irony?
200
Builds suspense as the plot "thickens."
What is Rising Action?
200
Narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is 3rd person "limited" POV?
200
People, animals, or imaginary creatures that inhabit a story.
What are Characters?
200
Words or phrases that appeal to any of the 5 senses.
What is Imagery?
200
A direct comparison of two different things.
What is Metaphor?
300
Reveals final outcome; may tie up loose ends.
What is Resolution?
300
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is Point-of-view?
300
Struggle between opposing forces.
What is Conflict?
300
When the action in the story is interrupted to portray events that occurred earlier.
What is Flashback?
300
The noblest endeavor of humanity; the play-on-words that can only be attempted by those with mastery of written and spoken language; knee-slappers...
What are Puns?
400
Shows how characters resolve conflict. Tension is eased.
What is Falling Action?
400
Not a character, but an outside observer.
What is 3rd person POV.
400
Long, long ago in a galaxy far away; once upon a time; Hogwarts School of Magic; The Shire in Middle Earth...
Bonus: name the titles...
What is Setting?
400
The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings.
"Oh, snap!"
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
A figure of speech which makes a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as."
Ex: "Like that's going to happen..."
"As if..."
(Just kidding, folks)
What is Similie?
500
Introduces the characters, setting & conflict.
What is exposition?
500
Narrator knows thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
What is Omniscient?
500
The message about life or human nature the author shares with the reader.
What is Theme?
500
The giving of human qualities to an animal object or idea.