Drama
Greek and Latin
Story Elements
Figurative Language
Author's Craft
100

a genre having a humorous tone in which the characters ultimately triumph.

What is a comedy.

100

The main part of a word.

What is the root of a word.

100

The people in a story.

What is character

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile.

100

The attitude of a writer.  

What is tone.

200

a genre of drama in which terrible or sorrowful events  happen to a main character.

What is tragedy.

200

A stem added to the beginning of a word.

What is a prefix.

200

The time and place in a story.

What is setting.

200

Comparison saying one thing is another.

What is a metaphor.

200

The way the writer wants the reader to feel.

What is mood.

300

When a character has a long speech on stage and others are nearby.

What is monologue.

300

A stem added to the end of a word.

What is a suffix.

300

The main idea in a story.

What is theme.

300

When something nonhuman is given human characteristics.  

What is personification. 

300

Everything a writer does to develop a character.

What is characterization.

400

Instructions in a play for lighting, sound, costume, scenery, props, and, the movement of actors onstage. This is a two word answer.  

What are stage directions.

400

The name for both the prefix or a suffix.  

What is an affix. 

400

The events in a story.

What is plot.
400

The opposite of what is expected. 

What is irony.

400

The reason a writer writes.  

What is author's purpose.

500

When an actor speaks alone onstage. 

What is soliloquy.

500

This prefix means "again"

What is "re" 

500

The trouble a character faces.  This could be internal or external.  

What is conflict.

500

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear side by side.

What is oxymoron.

500

Writing that appeals to the senses so that the reader can hear or see or smell ... what is being described.  

What is imagery.