Character Elements
Figurative Language
Story Elements
Genres
Point of View
100
A major character who opposes the main character in a story or play.
What is an antagonist?
100
The repetition of first consonants at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
100
The point at which the action in a story or play reaches its emotional peak.
What is the climax?
100
Tends to use some scientific data as basis for stories, and might focus on things like apocalypse scenarios, future worlds, or space travel, to name just a few.
What is Science Fiction?
100
A story told in the narrating character’s own voice. It uses “I” throughout, and the reader doesn't know any more than the character does.
What is 1st person Point of View
200
The means by which an author describes the appearance or personality of a person in a story or play. Ex. The way the author describes the main______________ is tall, dark and handsome.
What is characterization?
200
The use of words that sound like what they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The elements that create the plot. This can be internal or external.
What is conflict?
200
Deals with various “unreal” or magical things, or things not possible in the real world, and may contain alternate worlds and/or mythical and made up creatures or peoples.
What is fantasy?
200
Stories told as if telling someone else what they are doing. Example: You walk into the cave and hear a low rumble. “What is it?” you wonder.
What is Second Person Point of View
300
The main character of a story, play or novel.
What is the protagonist?
300
A phrase made up of two seemingly opposite words.
What is oxymoron?
300
A technique in which an author reveals something that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena. Example: The Greek Gods, Zeus, Aphrodite...
What is a myth?
300
The facts of a narrative are reported by a seemingly neutral, impersonal observer or recorder.
What is Third Person Objective Point of View?
400
A long speech by one character in a play or story (that everyone is supposed to hear).
What is a monologue?
400
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
What is personification
400
The action of the story that summarizes the plan of the main story.
What is the plot?
400
A story that illustrates a moral often using animals as main characters. Example: The Tortoise and the Hare
What is a fable?
400
A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
What is Third Person Limited Point of View
500
A story in which the characters represent abstract qualities or ideas.
What is allegory?
500
A reference to something or someone, usually literary.
What is an allusion?
500
The overall feeling of the story related to tone or atmosphere.
What is mood?
500
A long poem narrating the adventures of a heroic figure.
What is an epic?
500
Lets the author dip into the heads of various characters. When done well, it can be very effective, letting more characters’ thoughts, feelings, and background be shown. The disadvantage is that of a constant reminder of a constructed story, and so adds some distance between the reader and the characters.
What is Third Person Omniscient Point of View
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