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Setting and Plot
Character and Theme
Style
Figurative Language
Techniques of Structure
100
The hour, date, season, or historical era in which the story occurs.
What is time?
100
The main character or the one we follow the most.
What is protagonist?
100
The phraseology and word choice of the author.
What is diction?
100
Makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things by using a connective word.
What is a simile?
100
Words that make sounds when you say them.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
The flavor of the community or certain features that contribute to the character of the community.
What is "local color"?
200
A character that does not change.
What is static character
200
The author's attitude towards the subject about which he/she writes.
What is tone?
200
A deliberate contrast between two levels of meaning.
What is irony?
200
Uses certain objects, words, or phrases as clues or hints as to what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Name four types of conflict.
Ex: man vs man, man vs himself, man vs society, man vs technology
300
This person is not the main character, but is still important to the plot and the main character's development.
What is the supporting character?
300
Name three examples of sample tone descriptors.
Ex: angry, proud, joking
300
A constant set of symbols operating on two levels in a story.
What is an allegory?
300
Beginning phrases, clauses, and complete sentences with "And".
What is polysyndeton?
400
Name 2 types of conflict present in the novel "Animal Farm".
Man vs man and man vs society
400
Name three examples of thematic concepts.
Ex: solidarity, forgiveness, and progression
400
The rule that states only one speaker should be in each paragraph.
What is the dialogue rule?
400
A figure of speech which seems to be self contradictory, but is actually true.
What is an oxymoron?
400
Repeating a sequence of words at the beginning of neighboring clauses.
What is anaphora?
500
List the next four parts of the plot structure of a story after the rising action.
Suspense, climax, falling action, denouement/resolution
500
Opposite of the protagonist in nature and disposition; this juxtaposition of characters serves a purpose toward character development.
What is foil character?
500
When you know all thoughts of all the characters.
What is an omniscient point of view?
500
A comparison or renaming by using a closely-related term.
What is metonymy?
500
A noun or phrase that describes or equates with a nearby noun or pronoun; restates an idea and adds emphasis or clarity.
What is an appositive?