What a Character!
Plot Your Move
Go Figure
Devices
Rhetorically Speaking
100
The leading character, hero or heroine of a literary work
What is the protagonist?
100
The part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, etc. The information you need to know to understand the rest of the story.
What is exposition?
100
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
100
A literary device in which an event from the past (before the time of the main story) is inserted into the narrative
What is a flashback?
100
The central message, lesson or idea of a story
What is the theme?
200
A character about whom we know a great deal, many traits
What is a round character?
200
The highest point of tension in a story
What is the climax?
200
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
200
An author first asks a question, then proceeds to give the desired answer
What is hypophora?
200
A question is asked without expecting a verbal answer. The intention is to make the reader think.
What is rhetorical question?
300
A character that represents a stereotype
What is a stock character?
300
The events that lead to the climax of a literary work
What is rising action?
300
A bold, deliberate exaggeration not intended to be taken literally, used as a means of emphasizing the truth of a statement
What is hyperbole?
300
The use of words that appeal to the 5 senses
What is imagery?
300
Referring to a famous person, place or event which the reader is expected to know.
What is allusion?
400
A character or characters who represents the opposition or the conflict that the protagonist must deal with
What is the antagonist?
400
The part of a literary work in which the main conflict is resolved
What is the resolution?
400
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things NOT using like or as
What is a metaphor?
400
Words that represent a specific sound
What is onomatopeoia?
400
A type of metaphor in which a part is used to represent or symbolize the whole.
What is synecdoche?
500
A character who changes throughout the course of the story
What is a dynamic character?
500
The event that starts or ignites the conflict
What is the inciting incident?
500
A story which has meaning on two levels: literal and symbolic. Characters, events, setting are meant to represent others.
What is an allegory?
500
The use of clues to suggest events that have not yet happened in a literary work
What is foreshadowing?
500
Repeating the structure of a phrase or sentence in order to present the ideas of each as equal.
What is parallelism?
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