A struggle between a character and an outside force, such as a force of nature
What is external conflict?
100
The turning point of a story?
What is the climax?
100
They came upon rows and rows of squat tar-papered barracks sitting in a pool of white dust that had once been the bottom of a lake. They had arrived at Topaz, the Central Utah War Location Center.
What is setting?
100
Boom! Bam!
What is an onomatopoeia?
100
A person, place, object that stands for something beyond itself.
What is a symbol?
200
A struggle that takes place within a character's own mind, as he or she wrestles with difficult thoughts, feelings, or choices.
What is internal conflict?
200
The part of the plot where the conflict develops and builds toward the climax of the story
What is rising action?
200
The father was respectable and tight, a mortgage fancier and a stern... The kid was a boy of ten, with bas-relief freckles and hair the color of the cover of a magazine....
What are characters?
200
Sally sold sea shells
What is an alliteration?
200
An interruption of the action in a story to present events that took place at an earlier time.
What is flashback?
300
A student is feeling guilty about cheating on a test.
What is character vs self?
300
The stage of a story that provides important background information, introduces the setting and characters.
What is the exposition?
300
A struggle between opposing forces in a story
What is conflict?
300
The flower danced in the wind.
What is personification?
300
When a writer provides hints that suggest future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
A man is trapped under a tree that has been struck by lighting.
What is man vs nature?
400
The stage of a story that reveals the final outcome and ties up any loose ends.
What is resolution?
400
The series of events in a story.
What is the plot?
400
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!
What is a hyperbole?
400
The vantage point from which a story is told.
What is the point of view?
500
Even though Sara is an excellent soccer player, the players don't accept her as part of the team.
What is character vs society?
500
The stage of a story that shows the results of the climax, and how the main character resolves the conflict.
What is falling action?
500
The message or lesson of a story
What is a theme?
500
It's raining cats and dogs outside.
What is an idiom?
500
The feeling or atmosphere the write creates in a story.