Event or situation which initiates (begins) the action of the plot; introduces the source of the conflict.
What is initial incident?
100
a comparison between two seemingly different things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
This character has only one or two traits that we know about. His character may be summed up in one or two sentences.
What is a flat character?
100
name the four elements of setting.
What is time, place, weather, culture?
100
a concrete entity (thing) representing some abstract idea and thus taking on a meaning far beyond its ordinary meaning.
What is a symbol (symbolism)
200
part of a story where complications and conflicts are explained; events are unraveled; loose ends tied up.
What is falling action?
200
a type of imagery in which inanimate (non-living) things or ideas are given animate (living) characteristics.
What is personification?
200
This is a character who is designed to contrast in some way with another character.
What is character foil?
200
name the three conflicts.
What is supernatural, external, internal.
200
interruption in the flow of a story to portray an incident that occurred in the past.
What is flashback?
300
establishes the setting; introduces the characters; informs the read of antecedent information
What is exposition?
300
a figure of speech meaning a deliberate and wild exaggeration to emphasize a point or create humour.
What is hyperbole?
300
This character is complex and many-sided. He/she may have contradictory characteristics. He/she seems more real an "human" to the reader.
What is round character?
300
name the four types of stories (story of _______ )
What is setting, plot, theme, character
300
the planting of clues which serev to help the reader predict the outcome of the story.
What is foreshadowing?
400
turning point of the story.
What is climax?
400
descriptive writing which brings forth the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, or feeling.
What is imagery?
400
This person is basically the same at the end of the story as he was at the beginning. His situation or lifestyle may change but his character or personality remains the same.
What is static character?
400
Name the four different point of views.
What is omniscient, limited omniscient, objective, first person?
400
an expression or phrase peculiar to a language and often having a meaning other than its literal or logical meaning.
What is an idiom?
500
French word for resolution
What is denoument?
500
a comparison between two seemingly different things that surprises the rader by saying one thing actually is something else.
What is a metaphor?
500
This person undergoes some permanent change in some aspect of his/her personality, character, or outlook on life. The change may large or small, for better or for worse, but it must be something important and basic.
What is dynamic character?
500
Name the four different endings.
What is happy, unhappy, indeterminite, deus ex machina?
500
Setting which mirrors the character's feeling or mood or reflects the story's theme.