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Plot
Point of View
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Other
100
Most exciting part, turning point in the plot
What is climax?
100
Uses "I" or "we"
What is first person?
100
Comparison that does not use like, as, or than.
What is metaphor?
100
Buzz, crackle, quack
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Central idea or message in a story
What is theme?
200
Denouement, where everything gets resolved
What is resolution?
200
Uses he/she/they, reader hears thoughts of one character
What is third person limited?
200
Giving human characteristics to non-human objects, animals, or ideas
What is personification?
200
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
A brief story that illustrates a point
What is anecdote?
300
Between climax and denouement
What is falling action?
300
Uses he/she/they, reader hears thoughts of all characters
What is third person omniscient?
300
Exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
300
Repetition of ending syllables in words
What is rhyme?
300
What happens or what is said is the opposite of what one expects
What is irony?
400
Complications in plot working up toward climax
What is rising action?
400
Uses he/she/they, reader hears thoughts of no characters
What is third person objective?
400
Word play using multiple meanings of a word
What is pun?
400
When rhyme appears inside a line of poetry (not just at the end of lines)
What is internal rhyme?
400
A hint or clue to what happens later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
500
Introduction of main characters, setting, and conflict
What is exposition?
500
Uses you and imperative sentences. Often used in persuasion or how-to sequences.
What is second person?
500
A thing that represents or stands for something else, esp. a material object representing something abstract
What is symbol?
500
This is created in a line of poetry when certain syllables are accented in a regular pattern. Ex.: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
What is rhythm?
500
The action of a narrative is interrupted with an earlier scene remembered by a character
What is flashback?