CONFLICT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
STORY ELEMENTS
VOCABULARY
MIXED BAG
100
A struggle within the character's mind
What is internal conflict (or man vs. self)?
100
Her hair was like silk.
What is a simile?
100
When or where the story takes place
What is setting?
100
a person who goes before others and opens the way for them to follow
What is a pioneer?
100
a character that does not change much throughout the story
What is a static (flat) character?
200
A character has a problem with another character?
What is man vs. man?
200
I am starving to death!!
What is hyperbole?
200
a series of related events that make up a story
What is plot?
200
something fake or false
What is a sham?
200
a statement that the writer intends to support or prove
What is a thesis?
300
A person has a conflict because of the weather
What is man vs. nature?
300
The gentle breeze kissed my cheek.
What is personification?
300
a person who is opposed to or struggles against another (esp. main character)
What is an antagonist?
300
unable to read or write
What is illiterate?
300
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
400
Leo felt guilty because he was not sticking up for Stargirl.
What is man vs. self?
400
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
400
Use of clues to suggest what will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
400
noisy merrymaking
What is revelry?
400
contrast between what is said/written and what is meant
What is verbal irony?
500
A camper keeps getting his food stolen by the squirrels.
What is man vs. nature?
500
Why are you so quiet? "Cat got your tongue?"
What is an idiom?
500
overall emotion created by a work of literature
What is mood?
500
to thrive or prosper or to wave in the air
What is flourish?
500
the audience knows something the character does not
What is dramatic irony?