Plot and Structure
What part of the plot introduces characters and setting?
What is the exposition?
What do we call the main character of a story?
Who is the protagonist?
What is setting?
What is the time and place of a story?
A comparison using "like" or "as" is a…?
What is a simile?
What does close reading help us understand?
What happens, and how and why it happens.
What do we call the part of the story where tension builds?
What is the rising action?
A character who does not change throughout the story is called what?
What is a static character?
What does theme mean in a story?
What is the underlying message or life lesson?
What figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things?
What is personification?
What is a stanza in poetry?
A group of lines like a paragraph in a poem.
What is the turning point or most intense moment called?
What is the climax?
What kind of conflict is it when a character faces their own guilt or doubt?
What is man vs. self?
What point of view uses “I” to tell the story?
What is first person?
What do we call words that imitate sounds like “buzz” or “crash”?
What is onomatopoeia?
Name one common characteristic of dystopian literature.
Government control, loss of individuality, rebellion, etc.
What follows the climax and shows the consequences?
What is the falling action?
Give one example of an external conflict.
What is man vs. man/nature/society/technology/fate?
What’s the difference between third-person limited and third-person omniscient?
Limited = one character's thoughts; omniscient = all characters’ thoughts
Why do authors use imagery?
To appeal to the senses and make writing more vivid.
What type of poetry has no set rhyme or rhythm?
What is free verse?
Name the 5 parts of plot structure in order.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
What is the difference between direct and indirect characterization?
Direct tells you traits; indirect shows them through actions, thoughts, or dialogue.
How does setting affect a story?
It shapes the mood, conflict, and how events unfold.
Identify the figurative language: “Her smile was sunshine on a cloudy day.”
What is a metaphor?
What is the purpose of dystopian literature?
To warn about social/political issues and make readers think critically.