Sounds Like
TION ending
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The Basics
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100
The author's attitude toward his subject and sounds like phone.
What is tone?
100
Sets the stage for a story.
What is exposition?
100
A hint or a clue as to what will come later.
What is foreshadowing?
100
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
100
The main character in a literary work.
What is protagonist?
200
What the author tries to get across to the reader or also known as the main idea. Sounds like dream.
What is theme?
200
Establishes traits and characteristics.
What is characterizaTION?
200
A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
200
Comparison between two different things using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
200
The person telling the story.
What is narrator?
300
The way the reader feels when reading the story; the feeling created in a literary work. Sounds like food.
What is mood?
300
Ties up loose ends in a story.
What is resolution?
300
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
300
The high point of interest or suspense in a story.
What is climax?
300
The problem or struggle in a story.
What is conflict?
400
The time and place of the action. Sounds like betting.
What is setting?
400
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteraTION?
400
A comparison not using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor?
400
Returning to an earlier time in the story.
What is flashback?
400
The person or force opposing the main character.
What is antagonist?
500
The perspective from which the story is told. Sounds like stew.
What is point of view?
500
The events leading up to the climax.
What is rising acTION?
500
The use of words to imitate sounds: sizzle, moo.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A category or type of literature.
What is genre?
500
Chain of events that makes up a story.
What is plot?
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