Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Vocabulary 4
Vocabulary 5
100
The opponent or bad guy in the story
What is the antagonist
100
The surrounding, scenery, time and, locale of a story
What is the setting
100
is the decisive moment, or highest point, in the development of the story.
What is the climax
100
Points out a similarity between two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile
100
Emphasizes a fact, exaggerates.
What is hyperbole
200
is the message or main idea of the story.
What is the theme
200
indications, or subtle hints, throughout a story that give ideas about the ending.
What is foreshadowing
200
the leading character in the story.
What is the protagonist
200
A play on words with the same sound but different meanings.
What is a pun
200
Gives human traits to an inanimate object or an animal.
What is personification
300
is an earlier event inserted into the chronological events of a story
What are flashbacks
300
are the undeveloped, one-dimensional figures within a story.
What are static characters
300
Two or more words memorable by having endings that sound the same.
What is rhyme
300
Helps the reader understand something unfamiliar by comparing it to something well known.
What is an analogy
300
An indirect reference to a well known event, person, thing, place, or quality.
What is an allusion
400
is outside the actual story, they report the events of a story but also offer further comments and reflections upon the significance of the story.
What is an intrusive narrator
400
is the use of words to give a meaning that is the opposite of its literal one
What is Irony
400
is a variety of narration where the speaker talks continuously about his/her feelings, thoughts, and memories.
What is stream of consciousness
400
An object or action that represents something other than what it is
What is a symbol
400
Places words that mean the opposite of one another side by side so that they create a new meaning.
What is oxymoron
500
are complex and realistic and change during the course of the narrative
What are dynamic characters
500
is the central problem of the story that needs to be figured out.
What is the plot
500
A narrative in which the characters and sometimes the setting represent general concepts and ideas.
What is an allegory
500
Draws attention to the sound of the word by imitating sounds that correspond to its meaning
What is onomatopeia
500
The movement implicit in an arrangement of words. The beat deriving from patterns of stress on syllables.
What is rhythm
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