Challenging?
A contrast between two unlike things placed close together for effect.
Juxtaposition
Hints or clues about what will happen later.
Foreshadowing
"In Black and White"
A standard set of these contains 28 rectangular black & white tiles marked with pips.
Dominoes
This is the part of the plot where characters and setting are introduced.
Exposition
This is the main idea or lesson the author wants you to learn from a story.
Theme
When a character struggles against society, nature, or another force.
External Conflict
A contrast between expectation and reality.
"A cop breaks the law."
Irony
"Cryptocurrency"
Created in 2009, it was an early cryptocurrency & in terms of market capitalization & user base, it's still the big kahuna.
Bitcoin
This part of the story includes events that build suspense and develop the conflict.
Rising Action
Words like huge, tiny, freezing, and furious are examples of this part of speech.
Adjectives
When a character sturggles within their own mind?
Internal conflict
[DOUBLE POINTS] A refrence to another text, person, or event.
Allusion
"Disney Movies by Song Lyrics"
"We've got a lot to do! Is it one lump or two? For you, our guest!"
Beauty and the Beast
This is the turning point of the story where tension is highest.
Climax
Clues in the text that help the reader understand unfamiliar words are called this.
Context clues
[DOUBLE POINTS] “Many are called, but few are chosen” uses this device by balancing opposite ideas in a parallel structure.
Antithesis
When the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.
Dramatic Irony
"Facts and Figures"
About 4,000 years ago, the last of these pachyderms--each weighing 6 to 8 tons--were living on Wrangel Island north of Siberia.
Wooly Mammoths
This part shows the consequences of the climax.
Falling Action
A group of words with a subject and predicate that expresses a complete thought is called this.
A sentence
If someone argues, “We should reduce homework,” and the response is “My opponent wants students to learn nothing,” this is an example of…
Strawman fallacy
A recurring idea, image, or symbol throughout a text.
Motif
"Teaching to the Test"
Driving test prep: These should not be on within 500 feet of an oncoming vehicle
high beams (brights)
This is where the story's conflict is resolved.
Resolution
In the sentence, “The dog ran quickly,” this word tells how the action happened.
Adverb