hints or clues in the literary text that suggest events that have yet to occur
What is FORESHADOWING?
100
a comparison between two unlike things
What is a METAPHOR?
100
Of Mice and Men
Who is JOHN STEINBECK?
200
The part of the story that builds to the climax.
What is the RISING ACTION?
200
a character who changes during the course of the story
What is a DYNAMIC CHARACTER?
200
giving inanimate objects human qualities
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
a word that is spelled like it sounds
What is ONOMATOPEIA?
200
"The Cask of Amontillado?
Who is EDGAR ALLAN POE?
300
the general atmosphere, time, place, characters, and opening conditions presented when a story begins
What is the EXPOSITION?
300
a character who does not change throughout the story
What is a STATIC CHARACTER?
300
- a comparison between two unlike things using “like” or “as”
What is a SIMILE?
300
the writer’s attitude toward a subject
What is TONE?
300
"The Euphio Question"
Who is KURT VONNEGUT?
400
The events that occur after the climax.
What is THE FALLING ACTION?
400
When the narrator tells us about a character’s traits (He loved bunnies.)
What is DIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
400
the use of language to create a mental picture
What is IMAGERY?
400
the position or angle from which the story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
400
"Dreams"
Who is LANGSTON HUGHES?
500
The order of events in a story.
What is PLOT?
500
The narrator shows us a character’s traits through speech, thoughts, feelings, actions, appearance, or other characters’ thoughts or actions. All dialogue is indirect.
What is INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION?
500
the feeling created by the literary work or passage
What is MOOD?
500
the character or force that is working against the main character