Figurative Language
What is a simile
The point of highest intensity/greatest emotion in a story.
What is the climax?
When the narrator only reveals the thoughts of one character.
What is third person limited point of view?
The struggle between a person and someone or something else
What is the conflict?
The main character of the story.
Who is the protagonist?
Giving human qualities to inanimate objects
What is personification?
The setting, introduction of characters and any pertinent information needed to understand the plot line.
What is the exposition?
The author’s messages; exposes universal truths.
What is the theme?
Saying or writing one thing but meaning the exact opposite
What is verbal irony?
A category of literature (i.e. poem, novel, short story)
What is a genre?
One thing which stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot.
The narrator is a character in the story and uses words such as "I" and "me."
What is first person point of view?
A hint in the story of what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
The force/person that works against the main character.
Who is the antagonist?
Wording which appeals strongly to the five senses.
The part of the story that solves the problems and conflicts.
What is the resolution.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse."
What is an example of hyperbole?
When the opposite of what is expected happens in a story.
The position from which an author writes his/her story.
What is the point of view?
Comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
The time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
The initiating action in a story that moves the plot.
What is the rising action?
A difference between what the reader and the character know.
What is dramatic irony?
The story is told by an outside observer who knows the inner world of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient?