Parts of a Plot
The part of the plot that is the most intense part of the story.
What is the climax?
This type of figurative language compares two things using the word "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This is Mrs. Johnson's favorite drink.
What is Dr. Pepper?
These types of people were the main victims of the Holocaust.
Who are the Jews?
The main characters are revealed in this part of the plot.
What is the exposition?
"My homework stared at me from my bedroom floor" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
"A", "an", and "the" are examples of this part of speech.
Mrs. Johnson's classroom skeleton is named after this famous poet.
What is Edgar Allan Poe?
This was the leader of Germany who made the Holocaust happen.
Who was Hitler?
This part of the plot shows the result of the climax.
What is the falling action?
This type of figurative language occurs when there is a huge over exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
This part of speech can describe a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
This is a hobby of Mrs. Johnson's.
What is gaming or playing video games?
The Holocaust happened during this war.
What is World War II?
The part of the plot that introduces the main character's big problem.
What is the rising action?
This type of figurative language is present when two opposites are used to describe something, like jumbo shrimp.
What is an oxymoron?
This part of speech often ends in -ly.
What is an adverb?
This is Mrs. Johnson's favorite color.
What is black?
This is the chemical used in the gas chambers.
What is Zyclon B?
The part of the plot that is used to get the reader's attention.
What is the hook?
"Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is assonance?
This part of speech tells time, position, location, or movement.
What is a preposition?
This is the number of years that Mrs. Johnson has been teaching.
What is 8 years?
When the camps were liberated, this amount of human hair was found at Auschwitz.
What is 7 tons?