Parts of Speech
Plots Characters & Conflicts
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Drama
100
the main part of a word
What is the root word?
100
Helps readers learn all they need to know about the beginning of a story.
What is exposition?
100
A direct comparison between two different things.
What is simile?
100
A form of repetition/repeated sound occurs in other parts of a word.
What is alliteration?
100
A combination of the introduction and summary.
What is a prologue?
200
Added at the beginning of a root word
What is a prefix?
200
The story ends and the conflict is resolved
What is resolution?
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
What is personification?
200
A set pattern that determines which words in a peom will rhyme.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
A play about some important or noble person.
What is a tragedy?
300
Added to the end of a root word
What is a suffix?
300
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that builds toward the greatest interest.
What is the rising action?
300
A direct comparison between two different things often connected by as or as.
What is simile?
300
A technique that creates sound in the reader's mind. Words that sound like what they describe.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A monologue addressed to the audience, rather than to the other characters in a play. The character reveals his or her inner feelings.
What is soliloquy?
400
The incorrect use of two negative words in a sentence.
What is a double negative?
400
Takes place after the climax has been reached-headed toward the resolution.
What is falling action?
400
An extravagant or excessive exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
The repetition of the same sound at the end of a word.
What is rhyme?
400
When something happens that is the opposite of what is expected?
What is irony
500
Word parts that when added to words change their meaning or part of speech.
What is affixes?
500
The highest or most intense part of a story.
What is the climax?
500
Any type of language that is not figurative or uses the straightforward meaning of the words.
What is literal language?
500
The use of characters or events to represent ideas or principles in a story, play, or picture.
What is a allegory?
500
A play that usually has people getting into funny situations and results in a happy ending.
What is a comedy?
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