And How Does That Make You Feel?
How the Cookie Crumbles
Literally They Were... Well Not Literally...
What a Character You Are
Isn't That Ironic?
100
Main idea of a piece of literature.
What is theme
100
Moment when the reader's interest and emotional intensity reach the high point
What is climax
100
Compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
100
Central character/hero
What is protagonist
100
What is said isn't what is meant
What is verbal irony
200
The excitement of tension you feel as you become involved in a story and there are elements of the unknown
What is suspense
200
The events that follow the climax and lead to the resolution
What is falling action
200
Compares two things that are not alike, but have something in common
What is metaphor
200
Principle character working against the hero
What is antagonist
200
The audience knows something the characters don't
What is dramatic irony
300
The atmosphere of feeling the author creates
What is mood
300
The part of a literary work where the conflict is resolved
What is resolution
300
Human characteristics given to inhuman things
What is personification
300
Characters who are well described
What is round character
300
What happens is not what was expected
What is situational irony
400
The struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict
400
Events in the story that move the plot along by adding complications or expanding the conflict
What is rising action
400
Person, place, activity, or object that stands for something beyond itself
What is symbol
400
Simple characters without a lot of description
What is flat character
400
Two stories we read that rely on irony
What are "The Possibility of Evil" and "The Necklace"
500
The attitude a writer takes towards his/her subject
What is tone
500
Sets up the tone, establishes the setting, introduces the characters, gives background information
What is exposition
500
The truth is exaggerated for humor or effect
What is hyperbole
500
Characters who remain the same
What is static characters
500
The type of irony in "The Necklace" when Madame Loisel discovers that the necklace she lost was fake
What is situational irony
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