Elements of Plot
Literary Terms
Descriptive Language Techniques
Story Elements
Dialogue Format
100
The pivotal and usually most intense moment in a story.
What is the Climax?
100
The topic the author is writing about is also known as this.
What is Subject?
100
"Bang! Boom! Clap!"
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
The time and place of a story.
What is Setting?
100
This punctuation mark is used to indicate that something is being spoken aloud.
What are Quotation Marks?
200
This section of plot includes setting, characters, and usually introduces the conflict.
What is Exposition?
200
How the author feels about his/her subject.
What is Tone?
200
My love is like a red red rose.
What is a Simile?
200
The Life Lesson Learned or message of a story.
What is Theme?
200
The ending punctuation for what is spoken aloud always goes here.
What is Inside the Quotation Marks?
300
The moments after the breaking point of the story.
What is the Falling Action?
300
How the reader is meant to feel about the subject of the story.
What is Mood?
300
You are my sunshine.
What is a Metaphor?
300
The pattern of events in a story.
What is Plot?
300
The part of the dialogue sentence that tells you who is speaking and how the line is being said.
What is a Dialogue Tag?
400
The moments leading up to the changing point in the story.
What is the Rising Action?
400
When the author hints at what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
400
This bag weighs a ton!
What is Hyperbole?
400
The way an author presents the personalities of the characters involved.
What is Characterization?
400
The example below is in _____ dialogue format: "Leave me alone!" Jenny screamed. "I can't," replied the creepy voice. "You are my destiny."
What is Narrative Dialogue Format?
500
The way the story is concluded.
What is the Resolution?
500
This explains the author's reason for writing.
What is Purpose?
500
The angry clouds marched across the sky.
What is Personification?
500
The __________ in a story may be between two people or within one person or between a person and nature.
What is Conflict?
500
The example below is in _____ dialogue format: Romeo: I love you, Juliet. Juliet: Ditto.
What is Dramatic Dialogue Format?
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