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Elements of fiction
How characters are developed
Figurative Language/Poetic Elements
Plot Map
Sign Posts
100
A character or force in opposition to the protagonist
What is the antagonist
100
A character who grows, learns, or changes as a result of the story's action
What is a dynamic character
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration
100
Most exciting moment of the story; turning point
What is the Climax
100
When a word, phrase, object or situation is mentioned over and over
What is Sign Post - Again and Again
200
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery
200
A character who is not very well developed; has few identifiable characteristics
What is a flat character
200
A comparison without using like or as
What is a metaphor
200
A set of conflicts and crises that constitute the part of a play's or story's plot leading up to the climax.
What is the Rising Action
200
When a character suddenly realizes, understands, or figures something out
What is Sign Post - Aha Moment
300
Occurs when the reader or audience knows something that a character does not know.
What is dramatic irony
300
When the author directly tells how directly how the character is
What is direct characterization
300
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile
300
End of the story where loose ends are tied up
What is the Resolution
300
When the character asks himself a difficult question
What is Sign Post - Tough Question
400
A speech in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud
What is a soliloquy
400
A character who demonstrates some complexity and who develops or changes in the course of a work.
What is a round character
400
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes
What is personification
400
Events after the climax, leading to the resolution
What is the Falling Action
400
When the author interrupts the action to tell a memory
What is Sign Post - Memory Moment
500
Tone
What is the attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character
500
Indirect characterization?
What is when the author subtly reveals the character through actions and interactions
500
Onomatopoeia
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning
500
Define exposition
What is the background information on characters and events necessary for understanding the story.
500
Define Sign Post - Contrast and Contradictions
When a character says something that is opposite of what he or she has been saying all along