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Parts of the Story
Literary Terms
Elements of Poetry
Dramatic Literary Terms
Parts of Speech
100
The people in a story or play.
Characters
100
A way of describing a character through actions, appearance, thoughts and speech.
What is characterization?
100
A type of metaphor, where an object, animal or idea is talked about as if it were a human.
What is personification?
100
When a character is alone on stage and speaks his/her thoughts aloud.
What is a soliloquy?
100
Person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
200
The series of related events in a story is called
What is Plot
200
The main character in a story who performs most of the action (reader follows him/her).
What is the protagonist?
200
Words that sound like they mean.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Something the audience knows that the character(s) does not yet realize.
What is dramatic irony?
200
Used in place of a noun to avoid repetition. "Mark ate a banana, HE acted like a monkey."
What is a pronoun?
300
A problem that exists outside of the character. Could be between two characters or an outside force.
What is an external conflict?
300
The character in a story that serves as a contrast or opponent to the main character.
What is antagonist?
300
Repetition of consonant sounds – usually in the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
300
A short speech, delivered to the audience or to another character, that others onstage are not supposed to hear.
What is an aside?
300
The action or state of being.
What is a verb?
400
A conflict that may be man vs. self.
What is internal conflict?
400
Speech or phrases that are spoken and exchanged between characters.
What is dialogue?
400
Language that appeals to one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell.
What is imagery?
400
The part of a story or drama that leads to the resolution.
What is the conclusion?
400
FANBOYS.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
500
The most exciting and important part of the story; the center action.
What is the climax?
500
The speaker of a story; usually 1st person or 3rd person.
What is point of view?
500
14 line poem with the structure A B A B C D C D E F E F G G
What is a sonnet?
500
A humorous scene that relieves the emotional intensity of a serious or tragic scene.
What is comic relief?
500
Two of these are required for a compound sentence.
What is an Independent Clause?