What term describes the time and place the story occurred?
setting
100
What is the perspective or vantage point, from which a story or paragraph is told?
point of view
100
What is the act of deciding what may happen in the future?
prediction
100
What is the short story term which tells how things are different?
contrast
100
What is the short story term which tells how things are alike?
compare
200
What is the sequence of actions and events that make up a story?
plot
200
Which point of view is used in these lines?
I wandered lonely as a cloud, That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils.
first person point of view
200
What is a conclusion you draw from stated information?
inference
200
What is the attitude a writer takes toward an audience, a subject, or a character?
tone
200
What are those "word parts" that come at the end of a root word? Very often it will “tell” you what kind of word (noun, adverb, etc.) it is part of and how it should be used in a sentence. For example: -ant in assistant, servant
suffix
300
What is the point in the plot where the tension is the greatest and when one of the opposing forces wins the struggle (turning point)?
climax
300
Which short story term describes a person or animal involved in a literary work?
character
300
What is the feeling of anxious curiosity about what will happen next in a story?
suspense
300
What are those “word parts” which come before the root word? Example: deca in decade, decathlon, decapods
prefix
300
What do you call an action or event that brings about a result or another action or event?
cause and effect
400
What is the conclusion or end of the story when the struggle between opposing forces is resolved?
resolution
400
Which point of view is used in this sentence?
When he got to his car, he was glad to see that his friend was waiting for him.
3rd person point-of-view
400
What is the overall emotion created by a work of literature experienced by the reader?
mood
400
In the word 'disrespect', what is the dis- part of the word called?
prefix
400
In the word 'capable', what is the -able part of the word called?
suffix
500
What is a struggle between opposing sides or forces (a problem in the story)?
conflict
500
Which point of view is used in this sentence?
To make lemonade, you add the juice of lemons to water and sugar.
second person point-of-view
500
What is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader or audience knows to be true?
dramatic irony
500
What is an expression whose meaning can’t be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words that form it? For example, "hold everything" doesn’t mean grab onto everything in sight. It means stop what you are doing.
idiom
500
What is the underlying message or insight into life suggested by a story?