Plot Structure
Figurative Language
Literary Devices
Literary Elements
Parts of Speech
100

What term would be used the end of a story when all conflicts have been resolved?

What is the resolution?

100

Name this literary device:

Her laughter sounded like bells.

What is a simile?

100

Identify the literary device:

When reading a ghost story, you might feel tense and afraid.

What is mood?

100

What do you call the logical sequence of events that develops a story?

What is the plot?

100

What term would you use to describe a person, place or thing?

What is a noun?

200

The major turning point of a story?

What is the climax?

200

Name this literary device:

Cotton-candy clouds turned pink in the sunset

What is a metaphor?

200

Identify literary devices:

When Ms. Muse talks about Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she is excited and fanatic.

What is tone?

200

What do you call a person who tells the story?

Who is the narrator?

200

How would you describe he," "she," "it," "we," "they," or "you."? 

What is a pronoun?

300

The beginning of a story

What is the exposition?

300

Name this literary device:

I'm so hungry I could eat an entire horse!

What is a hyperbole?

300

Identify the literary device:

In Speak, Melinda selected the word "tree" as her subject in art class. Throughout the story, her artwork with trees was an important part of her emotional growth for overcoming the trauma she experienced.

What is foreshadowing?

300

What do you call an issue in a narrative around which the whole story revolves

What is the conflict?

300

What do you call a word that describes or modifies a noun, providing details about its qualities, size, or state?

Ex: Large, Pretty, Aggressive

What is an adjective?

400

Conflicts occur to build tension and move plot forward during this

 What is the rising action?

400

Name this literary device:

An idea, object, color, etc. that represents something else

What is a symbol?

400

Identify the literary device:

When a different result from what was expected takes place (hint: 2 words)

What is situational irony?

400

What do you call the main character of story, novel or a play?

Who is the protagonist?



400

What do you call the action of the sentences?

Ex: Running,Cleaning, Studying 

What is a verb?

500

After the climax, minor conflicts are also resolved during this

What is falling action?

500

Name this literary device:

She sells seashells by the seashore.

What is alliteration?

500

Identify the literary device:

When what the speaker says is intended to mean something different. (Hint: 2 words)

What is verbal irony?

500

What do you call a person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story?

Who are the characters?

500

What term describes how the action is performed?


Ex:Slowly, Quietly,Happily

What is an adverb?