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Figurative Language
Elements of Story
Elements And Point of View
Idioms
More Figurative Language
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“. . . she tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like a burr just out of reach.” — Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
What is a simile?
100
All of the events leading up to the climax of the story.
What is rising action?
100
The time and place of the action in a literary work.
What is the setting?
100
A piece of cake.
What is something that is incredibly easy?
100
“His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.” - James Joyce
What is alliteration?
200
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances. William Shakespeare
What is a metaphor?
200
Action following the climax that leads to the resolution.
What is falling action?
200
The struggle between opposing forces that forms the basis of the plot.
What is the conflict?
200
At the drop of a hat.
What is immediately?
200
“He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.” -For Whom the Bell Tolls by Earnest Hemingway
What is onomatopoeia?
300
“I had to wait in the station for ten days-an eternity.” -Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
What is hyperbole?
300
The high point in the conflict.
What is climax?
300
I stand by the sea, watching the boats go by, imagining that John is one of them. Maybe he has a new name, maybe a new face. Maybe I'm not important enough for him to hide these things about himself and nothing about him has changed.
What is first person point of view?
300
There is a method to my madness.
What is an assertion of structure to actions that are apparently random?
300
“When well-appareled April on the heel Of limping winter treads.” Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What is personification?
400
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Pablo Picasso
What is a metaphor?
400
Part of the plot that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.
What is exposition?
400
He knocked on the door, then bounced on his toes while he waited. When the door didn't open after a full minute, he let out a deep breath and walked away.
What is third person observer point of view?
400
Take it with a grain of salt.
What is to not take something so seriously?
400
“She turned the other cheek after she was cheated out of a promotion.”
What is an allusion?
500
“Chocolate was her Achilles’ heel.”
What is an allusion?
500
Sometimes called the resolution, this marks the end of the central conflict.
What is denouement?
500
Jen hated chocolate, but she was so pleased her new boyfriend had made the effort that she ate some right then. Upon seeing her eat the chocolate, Mark resolved to bring this girl chocolate every day for the rest of his life.
What is third person omniscient?
500
The ball is in your court.
What is you are in charge of the next move?
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“Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.” MacBeth
What is apostrophe?