Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
The sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
A word that sounds like what it is, such as "crash," "boom," and "drip."
What is onomatopoeia?
A shortened, non-biased report of the text.
What is an objective summary?
The beginning of the story, when the plot is being set up.
What is the exposition?
An action word
What is a verb?
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
Comparing one thing to another unlike thing, using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
A struggle that occurs within the mind of a character.
What is an internal conflict?
The events that lead up to the climax of a plot; the part of a story in which the conflict builds up.
What is the rising action?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story.
What is the conflict?
The use of a repeated sound at the beginning of each of a series of words, such as "Billy bought a baby buggy."
What is alliteration?
A struggle that occurs between a character and another character, thing, or force.
What is an external conflict?
The part of the plot with the most tension; the turning point of the story.
What is the climax?
A word that describes a verb. Often an "ly" word.
What is an adverb?
The main character of a story.
What is the protagonist?
An intentional exaggeration to make a point, such as "I'm starving."
What is hyperbole?
A character's or author's perspective
What is Point of View?
The end of the story, when most of the problems have been worked out.
What is the resolution?
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses.
What is a conjunction?
The message of a literary work.
What is the theme?
Using human qualities to describe something that is not human.
What is personification?
When the audience knows something the characters in the play do not know
What is dramatic irony?
A book that continues a story that was started in a previous book.
What is a sequel?