Freytag's Pyramid
Indirect VS Direct
Suspense
Figurative Language
Poems
100

The Falling action happens ________ the climax

What is after the climax?

100

When the author TELLS you directly something about a character?

What is direct characterization?  

100

Foreshadowing, Start the Clock, Cliffhangers and untrustworthy characters are part of what kind of stories?

What are Suspense stories? 

100

The figurative language used here: "It took me forever and a day to get to Rio Rancho from Central." 

What is hyperbole?

100

My rules are very strict! I am only three lines long and am measured by syllables. 

What is Haiku?

200

The end of the story where everything is resolved.

What is the resolution? 

200

"I am an old man, a scared old man" is an example of  what kind of characterization? 

What is direct characterization?

200

When the author hints about the future to create suspense

What is foreshadowing? 

200

The figurative language used here: "The trees whispered secrets."

What is personification?

200

I usually rhyme and always tell a story, usually involving 2 or more characters. 

What is a Narrative Poem? 

300

The part at the beginning of the story where the characters and settings are introduced.

What is the exposition? 

300

"Montag was unhappy" is an example of __________characterization

What is direct characterization? 

300

When the author uses time to create urgency in suspense? 

What is start the clock?

300

The figurative language used here: "Her face was as ugly as a worn shoe."

 What is a simile?

300

I have no set rules or rhyme but I use Line Breaks to create meaning and rhythm. 

What is Free Verse Poetry? 

400

The moment of peek tension in a story.

What is the CLIMAX?

400

When an author SHOWS the reader a characteristic of their personality rather than tells.

What is indirect characterization?

400

Leaving a story without an ending to build suspense is called what?

 What is a cliffhanger?  

400

The figurative language used here "My father was a king in his castle." 

What is metaphor? 

400

They say song lyrics are this kind of poetry.

What is Lyrical Poetry?

500

The action after the exposition but right before the climax?

What is the rising action?

500

"His heart pounded, he panicked and stepped off of the path" is an example of___characterization.

What is indirect characterization? 

500

One of the suspense stories we read this school year? 

What is "Lamb to the Slaughter" or "Sound of Thunder"?

500

The figurative language used here: "Living lonely, loving lots of loud louts" 

What is alliteration?  

500

The number of syllables in this sentence: "His giant pitbull is no joke!"

What are 8 syllables?