Story Elements
The part of a plot diagram where the story begins and characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
“I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.”
This is an example of what type of figurative language commonly used in everyday speech?
Idiom
“Who wouldn’t want a day off from school?”
This is an example of what rhetorical device?
Rhetorical Question
“I walked into the dark hallway.”
This is written in what point of view?
1st person
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps
This stage of the plot is when conflict is resolved and the story ends.
Resolution
“The classroom was a zoo.”
What type of figurative language is used?
Metaphor
A rhetorical question is asked for this reason instead of expecting an actual answer.
To emphasize a point / make a character think or reflect / persuade a character
“You walk into the room and see a strange shadow.”
This is written in what point of view?
2nd person
I can fill a room but take up no space. What am I?
Light
This stage of the plot shows events building tension and leading toward the climax.
Rising Action
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
What type of figurative language is this?
Personification
A character says “What a beautiful day!” while standing in a thunderstorm.
What type of irony is this?
Verbal Irony
“He opened the door slowly.”
This is written in what point of view?
3rd person
What gets sharper the more you use it?
Your brain
This is the most intense moment of the story where the main conflict reaches its peak.
Climax
“She ran as fast as lightning.”
What type of figurative language is this?
Simile
“Why do I even try?”
This rhetorical question most likely expresses what feeling?
Frustration / anger / annoyance / discouragement
A narrator who lies, exaggerates, or cannot be trusted is called this.
Unreliable narrator
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
The part of the story where conflicts begin to resolve and the story moves toward the ending.
Falling action
“This test is my Mount Everest.”
What type of figurative language is this referencing another famous thing?
Allusion
In a horror movie, the audience sees the villain hiding in the closet, but the character walks in without knowing.
Dramatic
A narrator who tells the story accurately and can be trusted by the reader is called what?
Reliable Narrator
I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and roads but no cars. What am I?
A map