Events that unwind the plot an lead to resolving the conflict
What is Falling Action?
100
Language that appeals to the senses
What is Imagery?
100
The event in a story that resolves the conflict
What is Resolution?
100
events tat build up the plot and lead to the climax
What is Rising Action?
100
Events contrary to what is expected(the opposite of what should have happened)
What is Irony?
200
In general, a contrast between expectation and reality. For example, it is raining but sunny, I am fat but I am thin
What is Irony?
200
The most important idea expressed in a paragraph or in an entire essay.
What is Main Idea?
200
A comparison between two unlike thing, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles. For example: He is as tall as a flag pole, you are like an angel, You eat like a hog, she is as light as a feather...
What is Simile?
200
The type or kind of literature eg. fictional, sciece fiction, historical fiction, mystery, non fiction, autobiography, biography, poetry, drama.
What is Genres?
200
Prose writing that deals with real people, events, and places without changing any facts. Popular forms of nonfiction are the auto-biography, the geography, and the essay.
What is Non Fiction?
300
The overall mood or emotion of a work of literature
What is Atmosphere?
300
The rival or bad guy
The Hero or Good Guy
What is Antagonist?
What is Protagonist?
300
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing. An important type of figurative speech. For Example: You are an Angel, My dad is a rock, You are such a pig...
What is Metaphor?
300
Anxiety or apprehension resulting from uncertainty-when you keep reading to find out what is going to happen next because not knowing is making you curious
What is Suspense?
300
An exaggerated, fanciful story that gets "taller and taller," more and more far-fetched the more it is told and retold.
What is Tall Tale?
400
The feelings and associations that a word suggests.
What is Connotation?
400
A story, with no known author, that originally was passed on from one generation to another by word of mouth.
What is Folk Tale?
400
Stories like Paul Banyan, Pecos Bill, Davy Crocket, that have exaggerated feats of courage or strength.
What is Tall Tale?
400
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the plot.
What is Foreshadowing?
400
The feelings and associations that a word suggests.
What is Denotation?
500
The kind of writing that creates a clear image of something, usually by using details that appeal to one or more of the senses, sight, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
What is Description or descriptive writing?
500
A reference to a statement, a person, a place or an event from literature, history religion, mythology, politics, sports, or science.
What is Allusion?
500
The critical point in the story which changes the course of events, the point in the story where the main character faces a crisis and must make a crucial decision that will affect the outcome of the story
What is Climax/Turning Point?
500
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true. Always involve some sort of imaginative comparison between seemingly unlike
things. The most common forms are simile, metaphor, and personification.