Character/Plot
Who is the central character of a story who often faces the main conflict?
Protagonist
What is the literary device that compares two different things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is the repetition of initial consonant sounds in closely placed words
Alliteration
What is the perspective from which a story is told (for example, first or third person)?
Point of view
What is the moment of greatest intensity in a story?
Climax
Which character opposes the protagonist and creates obstacles?
Antagonist
What device directly states a comparison between two unlike things as if one were the other?
Metaphor
What term refers to the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject?
Tone
What is a long speech by one character in a play or story?
Monologue
What term names the events that occur after the climax as the conflict moves toward resolution?
Falling action
What term describes the time and place where a story occurs?
Setting
What term describes giving human qualities to non-human things?
Personification
What is the term for descriptive language that appeals to the five senses?
imagery
What technique uses hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What do we call a struggle between opposing forces outside the character (e.g., society or nature)?
External conflict
What name is given to a character who is placed next to another character to highlight particular qualities?
What is a brief phrase that appears to contradict itself but can reveal a deeper truth?
Paradox
What is the writer's specific choice of words called?
Diction
What is it called when the audience knows crucial information that a character does not?
Dramatic irony
What is the internal struggle within a character torn by conflicting values called?
Internal conflict
What are the sequence stages of a story from the buildup of conflict through its resolution? (Name the three main stages after the introduction).
Rising action, climax, falling action, and (resolution).
What device is a story in which characters and events represent deeper meanings or abstract ideas?
Allegory
What literary device uses a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work?
Allusion
What recurring idea or device helps develop major themes throughout a work?
Motif
What is the final part of a story where the conflict is concluded?
Resolution