Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Misc. Terms
Examples
100
Compaison using like or as
What is a simile?
100

A struggle between a character some outside force.

What is external conflict?

100

The use of concrete things to represent abstract ideas.

What is symbolism?

100

The main character of the story.

What is a protagonist?

100

The car dared me to drive faster.

What is personification?

200

An intentional exaggeration.

What is a hyperbole?

200

The moment of greatest suspense in a story.

What is climax?

200
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200

The perspective from which the story is told.

What is point of view?

200

You are as pretty as a picture.

What is a simile?

300
Applies human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
300
Time, place, duaration of the story
What is the setting?
300

A repetition of initial consonant sounds in words close together.

What is alliteration?

300

A struggle between opposing forces.

What is conflict?

300

The fly buzzed around my head.

What is onomatopoeia?

400
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400

universal message about life or people.

What is the theme?

400

The implication that the actual situation is quite different than what it appears to be.

What is irony?

400

The adversary/enemy of the main character.

What is the antagonist?

400

Sally sells seashells down by the shore.

What is alliteration?

500

The use of words to imitate sounds.

What is onomatopoeia?

500

A struggle within one character involving a difficult decision.

What is an internal conflict?

500

Speech of a particular region or time period?

What is dialect?

500

A conclusion based logical interpretation of textual evidence.

What is an inference?

500

Mrs. Mitsunaga is a rock star!

What is a metaphor?