Words, phrases, or expressions that cannot be taken literally.
What is an idiom?
100
Sunday was my only day of rest. I was so thankful to have some time off from the toothbrush factory.
What is first person point of view?
100
The sequence of events that occur in a story.
What is the plot?
100
The events that lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
200
An over exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
200
Zap! The lightning hit the ground suddenly!
What is an onomatapoeia?
200
"A child was standing on a street-corner. He leaned with one shoulder against a high board-fence and swayed the other to and fro. Sunshine beat upon the cobbles and a lazy summer wind blew."
What is third person objective?
200
The sound of the author’s message.
What is the tone?
200
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something else.
Who is the antagonist?
300
She was a string bean.
What is a metaphor?
300
It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.
What is situational irony?
300
"The next semester the writing professor is obsessed with writing from personal experience. You must write from what you know, from what has happened to you."
What is second person point of view?
300
The most intense emotional point in a story, usually a turn of events occurs.
What is the climax?
300
Using your background knowledge plus the author's clues
What is inferencing?
400
Bobby built a blue balloon animal.
What is alliteration?
400
"Oh goody, another test," said the scholar to her teacher.
What is verbal irony?
400
Ben and Brandon were ready for the football game! Brandon felt a little nervous to get on the field. On the other hand, Ben was eager to score a touch down.
What is 3rd omniscient person point of view?
400
The moral or message of the story.
What is theme?
400
The "sound" of the author's message.
What is tone?
500
You have a chip on your shoulder.
What is an idiom?
500
In a Romeo and Juliet, the audience knows that Juliet is just sleeping, but Romeo thinks she is dead so he drinks the poison and kills himeself.
What is dramatic irony?
500
Goldilocks was a proud little girl. She knew all the secret paths through the woods, and she was afraid of no one.
What is third person limited?
500
The pattern of end rhyme between lines of a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
500
An author leaves hints and clues in the story about what is going to happen.