This contains the turning point of the story, or the point of the most action, drama and suspense.
What is the Climax of a story?
100
This is a comparison of two usually unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
100
"Thousands upon thousands of days compounded and filled from one end to the other with rain, with the drum and gush of water." This quote showcases this literary device.
What is Onomatopoeia?
100
Authors create these characters or events to cause or lead the conflict in a story.
What is an Antagonist?
100
These are examples of Themes found in the novel, The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
What are brotherhood, friendship and loyalty?
200
This section of the map contains the setting, the atmosphere and the main characters.
What is the Onset?
200
This is the creation or use of words which imitate sounds.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
"Sometimes at night, she heard them stir, in remembrance, and she knew they were dreaming and remembering gold or a yellow crayon or a coin large enough to buy the world with." These two devices are showcased in this quote.
What are metaphor and hyperbole?
200
This occurs when the opposite of what the reader expects actually happens in the story.
What is Irony?
200
Mars, in the desert, in the future
What is the setting of "Little Green Men?"
300
These are the two types of conflict.
What are Internal and External Conflict?
300
This is the giving of human characteristics, emotions and personality to non-human objects or animals.
What is personification?
300
"She was a very frail girl who looked as if she had been lost in the rain for years, and the rain had washed out the blue from her eyes and the red from her mouth and the yellow from her hair." These two devices are showcased in this quote.
What are simile and hyperbole?
300
This is never directly stated in the story, but is a lesson you must infer based upon what was read.
What is a Moral?
300
Johnny's letter says that fighting isn't worth it, and that Pony needs to "stay gold," so he writes a novel telling the tale of his friends.
What is the Resolution of The Outsiders?
400
This is the solving of the problem given in the conflict of the story.
What is Resolution or Denouement of the story?
400
This is a comparison of two usually unlike things, which uses "is" or "are."
What is a metaphor?
400
"The door slid back and smell of the silent, waiting world came in to them." Listen carefully and you'll catch this device.
What is alliteration?
400
One of these is a hint the author might give about future events in the story; the other is a hint that something negative is about to occur.
What are foreshadowing and foreboding?
400
Because he is both the main character and our narrator, we only get Ponyboy's version of this. Wouldn't it be interesting to see a Soc's side or _____?
What is Perspective?
500
These are the five main categories of conflict.
What are Character vs. Character, Character vs. Self, Character vs. Society, Character vs. Nature and Character vs. Technology?
Also acceptable: Character vs. Fate or Character vs. Supernatural
500
Not to be taken literally, this device emphasizes the truth of what the author says.
What is hyperbole?
500
"The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive." Look twice-- you might just find all three devices!
What are alliteration, metaphor and onomatopoeia?
500
These are the three types of Point of View, through which the author shares a character's perspective.
What are First Person POV, Third Person Limited POV and Third Person Omniscient POV?