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Story and Characters
Plot Elements
Writing and Research
Figurative Language and Literary Terms
Julius Caesar and others
100
Central idea in a literary work
What is theme?
100
Action that progresses to explain or work out the climax
What is falling action?
100
Vantage point from which a story is told
What is point of view?
100
"Cold as ice" is an example of a
What is simile?
100
The protagonist of Flowers for Algernon
Who is Charlie Gordon?
200
Concrete object representing an abstract idea
What is symbol?
200
Turning point in a story
What is climax
200
A sentence or two that represents the main idea or position of an essay.
What is thesis statement?
200
The figure of speech in which an idea, animal, or thing is described as if it were a person
What is personification?
200
Throughout his time in concentration camps, Elie's main goal was to
What is stay with his father?
300
An element the author uses for effect, but is "in the wrong time period"
What is anachronism?
300
The point in the story where the central conflict is resolved
What is resolution?
300
Documentation inside a research paper of sources for summarized, paraphrased or quoted works.
What are "in text citations"?
300
Giving hints of what is to come later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
300
Why Brutus felt the need to die?
What is to preserve his honor in the face of defeat?
400
A long, narrative poem that tells the adventures of a hero
What is epic?
400
Writing that introduces or explains the story
What is exposition?
400
The way a writer uses language to reveal his or her personality and attitude toward topic, form, and audience.
What is voice?
400
Text that directs the reader to an earlier time in the story
What is flashback?
400
Julius Caesar's last words
What is "Et Tu Brute"?
500
Person of high status that struggles due to character flaw
What is tragic hero?
500
Action in the story that gets in the way of solving the conflict
What is complication?
500
Source information listed at the end of an MLA research paper
What is works cited page?
500
Words or phrases used to create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery?
500
The country that Anne Frank and her family lived in while there were in hiding.
What is Holland?