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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 knows the thoughts and feelings of a character.

What is 3rd Person Omniscient Point of View?

100
To cause a character to act in a certain way.
What is 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
The events after the turning point in the plot, leading to the resolution.
What is falling action?
200

The attitude of the writer on the subject.

What is tone?

200

An ending to a section, chapter, or book that leaves the reader in suspense

What is a cliffhanger?

300
An exaggeration that cannot possibly be true.
What is a hyperbole?
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 central idea, the main idea, or the "gist"?

300

The anxiety the reader feels about what may happen next in a story.

What is the mood or suspense?

400

When a physical object represents an idea.

What is a symbol or symbolism.

400
The problem the protagonist faces.
What is the conflict?
400
One person/character doing all the talking
What is a monologue?
400

Unfair generalizations about a group.

What is stereotype?

400
Interrupting the plot of the story to recreate an incident of earlier time.
What is flashback?
500

A phrase that has a common meaning in English, but might confuse someone from France.

What is an idiom?

500

The word in SWBST that represents the conflict in a story.

What is "but"?

500
In brackets, tells the actors how to move, body position, tone of voice, or sound effects and lighting
What are stage directions?
500

Favoring one side of an issue or viewpoint over the other. 

What is bias?

500
These describe the character on the inside.
What are character traits?