Without this "engine" of the plot, the characters would not have to do anything.
What is conflict?
100
This is the part of the story where the author tells when and where the story happened.
What is the setting?
100
Autobiography often uses this technique to where the author tells the reader about him or herself.
What is first person narration?
100
In "The Most Dangerous Game" the Island Zaroff lived on is called this.
What is Ship-trap Island?
100
Often thought of as the "hero" of the story, this character is trying to overcome the conflict.
What is a protagonist?
200
When a character struggles with his or her feelings about a situation, this is the type of conflict.
What is internal conflict?
200
The mood of this story implies that the main character, Rainsford, will face danger and mystery.
What is "The most Dangerous Game?"
200
This character is the central antagonist in the story "The Most Dangerous Game."
Who is General Zaroff?
200
In "The First Day" this one of the mother's characteristics makes the girl feel ashamed.
What is illiteracy?
200
This is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
300
These parts of a story push the characters to work harder on the conflict.
What are complicating actions?
300
This is the type of language that appeals to the readers' senses, painting a picture with words.
What is imagery?
300
This is the form of characterization that is used when the character gives a speech to the audience in a play.
What is a soliloquy?
300
In "The Autobiography of Mark Twain" he says that this "curse" is worse than being wealthy or poor.
What is the expectation that you will be wealthy some day?
300
This is a true story a author tells about him or herself.
What is an autobiography?
400
This timing device is used in a story to talk about things that have happened in the character's past.
What is a flashback?
400
This is the part of setting that implies how the characters should feel in this situation.
What is mood or tone?
400
This form of characterization is used when the reader has to interpret the character's traits from the actions in the story.
What is indirect characterization?
400
In the poem, "My Father is a Simple Man" this kind of fruit was described as the fruit of scholars.
What is a pomegranate?
400
This is a direct comparison made between two different things.
What is a metaphor?
500
This part of the plot occurred in "The Most Dangerous Game" when Rainsford appeared in Zaroff's room and finally "won" the game.
What is the climax?
500
In the story, "The First Day," the setting of the first school is associated with this character in the story.
Who is the mother (the mother's church)?
500
When a character's negative traits or flaws are exposed to the audience, like Zaroff's disregard for human life, the readers are meant to feel this in response.
What is abhor them?
500
In the poem "Mother to Son," the author used this metaphor to compare life to an ongoing challenge.
What is life is a stairway, "ain't no crystal stair."
500
When we want to take on the values or behaviors of someone else we want to do this.