What is the act or process by which an author tells a story
100
Imagery
What is the use of descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses to create a picture in the reader's mind
200
Analogy
What is a comparison of two things that are largely dissimilar (helps the reader understand one thing when the author compares it something more familiar)
200
Archetypes
What is a set of symbols or patterns in behaviour in literature (they can be characters or specific actions, often used in myths, traditional, or classical literature)
200
Climax
What is the turning point of the story (the most interesting or intense part)
200
Third-Person, Omniscient
What is POV is it when a story is related by narrator using pronouns like they, he, or she (narrator knows the thought and feelings of all the characters)
200
Simile
What is a comparison of two unlike things, using the words like or as
300
Connotation
What is the emotional weight a word carries
300
Foil Character
What is a character that serves as contrast to the protagonist or another character (they are often used to emphasize the differing traits in characters)
300
Rising Action
What is the series of events that introduces a conflict and builds the tension toward a climax
300
First-Person
What is the POV when a story is related to the reader by a narrator who is also a character within the story and uses the pronoun I
300
Personification
What is a technique in which an author gives human qualities to non human objects
400
Synonyms
What is a group of words that have the same or nearly the same meaning of a word
400
The trickster, star-crossed lovers, the wise old man, the outcast, the beauty
Name three types of character archetypes
400
Exposition
What is the first part of a plot, which introduces the setting and the main characters
400
Second-Person
What is the POV when a story is related by a character or figure who refers tot he reader as YOU, as though he or she is also within the story (this is a rare narrative mode, it is often seen in poetry)
400
Hyperbole
What is a deliberate exaggeration
500
Antonyms
What is a groups of words that have the opposite meaning of a word
500
Moral Dilemma
What is a problem that a character may face and it challenges the way they think
500
Falling Action
What is the part of a plot after the climax has been reached and the problems begin to be resolved
500
Third-Person, Limited
What is the POV when a story is related by a narrator using pronouns like they, he, or she, using the thoughts of only one character
500
Allusion
What is a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, event, or literary work in a text (the reader needs to know the reference for this technique to work)