Adjectives
This word means very little in amount.
What is meagre?
If two people live in harmony, they are not experiencing this.
What is discord?
The part of the story in which the characters, the conflict, and the setting are given is called this.
What is exposition?
This is what we call the part of the plot that is the turning point (with regard to the story's conflict).
What is the climax?
You would feel this when there is no hope and you are full of sadness.
What is forlorn?
This verb means you are in charge of something.
What is to preside?
This is the emotional feeling in a passage that is often created by the author's choice of imagery.
What is mood?
This comparison shows us how much two things are alike by using like or as.
What is a simile?
When you feel sympathy for someone you are talking to, your voice might sound like this.
What is piteous?
This verb means to tempt someone's senses.
What is to tantalize?
When two unlikely nouns are compared to show that they have something in common and the comparision shows that x IS y, we call this a _______________.
What is a metaphor?
This part of a story's plot line adds a feeling of tension in relation to what's happening with the story's conflict.
What is rising action?
The opposite of this word is seldom, or meaning not to happen often.
What is prevalent?
This adjective is synonymous (means the same as) dangerous.
What is precarious?
When an author lets us INFER what a character is like through that character's actions, thoughts, what s/he says and thinks, or by what others say/think about the character, we call it this.
What is characterization?
We use this word to describe the part of the story where the problem been solved (usually in a satisfying way).
What is the resolution?
If you have betrayed someone, you are this kind of person.
What is treacherous?
This adjective is the opposite of very small.
What is immense?
Words that appeal to (create a response in) the five senses are called this.
What is imagery?
We use this word to describe something happening in a story that wasn't expected or when there is a darkly humorous contradiction.
What is irony?