🎭 Figurative Language
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
This part introduces the characters, setting, and background information.
What is exposition?
The main character of a story is often called this.
Who is the protagonist?
A struggle or problem in a story is called this.
What is conflict?
Someone who tells the truth even when it may get them in trouble could be described with this trait.
What is honest?
A comparison that says one thing is another thing.
What is a metaphor?
This is the peak or turning point of the story, when the main character faces the biggest challenge.
What is the climax?
A character who changes because of what happens in the story.
What is a dynamic character?
A character is trying to decide whether to tell the truth or protect a friend.
What is Individual vs. Self?
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A character continues trying even after failing several times. This trait describes the character.
What is determined/persistent?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” This type of figurative language gives human qualities to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
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This event gets the main problem or conflict started.
What is the inciting incident?
A character who stays mostly the same throughout the story.
What is a static character?
Two students both want to be team captain and argue over who deserves the position.
What is Individual vs. Individual?
Maya shares her lunch with a new student who forgot theirs. This action suggests Maya is this.
What is kind/caring/generous?
“I’ve told you a million times!” is an extreme exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
Put these three plot elements in order: resolution, climax, falling action.
What is climax → falling action → resolution?
A character with many personality traits, strengths, weaknesses, and emotions.
What is a round character?
A family must survive a powerful hurricane that destroys their town.
What is Individual vs. Nature?
Carlos refuses to change his mind even after everyone gives him good reasons to reconsider.
What is stubborn?
“The slippery snake slithered silently.”
What is alliteration?
These events build suspense and lead toward the biggest moment of the story.
What is rising action?
Marcus begins the story selfish and unwilling to help anyone. By the end, he risks losing a competition to help his friend. Marcus is this type of character.
What is a dynamic character?
A student challenges a school rule that she believes is unfair to certain students.
What is Individual vs. Society?
A character walks into a dangerous situation to protect a younger sibling even though she is afraid. Name a trait and the evidence that proves it.
What is brave/courageous because she faces danger to protect her sibling?