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Figurative Language
Short Stories
Drama/Fiction
Non-Fiction
Literary Devices
100

A comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

100
When the narrator is an outside observer who can tell us the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story
What is 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View?
100

To cause a character to act in a certain way.

What is character motivation?

100
Short descriptions under photos or illustrations that name or explain.
What is a caption?
100
Hints or clues suggesting what may happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200

A phrase that means something different from its literal meaning.

What is an idiom?

200
The events after the turning point in the plot, leading to the resolution.
What is falling action?
200

The attitude of the author on the subject.

What is tone?

200
The presentation of only one side of an issue or viewpoint and is used to subjectively influence an audience.
What is bias?
200
An ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense
What is a cliffhanger?
300
A reference to a person, place, or event from literature, sports, history, movies, or the arts.
What is an allusion?
300
The underlying meaning of the story.
What is theme?
300
A conversation between two or more people
What is dialogue?
300
A statement that tells what a passage is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
300
The anxiety the reader feels about what may happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
400
Tangible objects that represent intangible ideas
What is a symbol?
400

The problem the protagonist faces.

What is the conflict?

400
One person/character doing all the talking
What is a monologue?
400
When a writer uses commonly held but unfair ideas about a group to make a point that isn't true
What is stereotype?
400
Interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of earlier time.
What is flashback?
500
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
What is a hyperbole?
500
A conflict having to do with someone or something else other than the protagonist him/herself
What is external conflict?
500
In brackets, tells the actors how to move, body position, tone of voice, or sound effects and lighting
What are stage directions?
500
Name-calling, when a person attacks an opponent's character
What is ad hominem?
500
These describe the character on the inside.
What are character traits?