Language or expressions that are not literally true but express some truth beyond the literal level.
What is Figurative Language?
100
A sequence of events in a narrative work.
What is Plot?
100
An individual in a literary work.
What is a character?
100
The sentence in your introduction that tells the reader what your paper is about. It answers the question asked of you.
What is a thesis statement
100
Missouri, Aunt Kim, John Deere, and Pepsi are examples of this (as opposed to state, aunt, tractor, and soda). #Grammar
What is a Proper Noun.
200
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, force of nature, or idea is given human qualities or characteristics.
What is Personification?
200
The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative. Sometimes called the turning point.
What is the Climax?
200
Written conversations between characters in a literary work.
What is Dialogue?
200
The paragraph structure you should follow.
PEEL: Point, Evidence, Explanation, Link
200
Novel, Short story, poetry, drama, nonfiction . . . or . . . fantasy, reality, mystery, romance, science fiction--for example.
What is Genre
300
A figure of speech that compares two or more things that have something in common. Implies the comparison instead of directly stating it--does not use like or as.
What is Metaphor?
300
The part of a plot that concludes the falling action by revealing or suggesting the outcome of the conflict.
What is the Resolution?
300
The relationship of the narrator or storyteller to the story.
What is Point of View?
300
The writer's choice of words; an important element in the writer's voice or style.
What is Diction
300
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Examples: Act naturally, seriously funny, liquid gas....
What is an Oxymoron?
400
A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion, make a point, or evoke humor.
What is Hyperbole?
400
An author's introduction of the characters, setting, and situation at the beginning of a story, novel, or play.
What is the Exposition?
400
The story is told by one of the characters--referred to as "I."
What is First Person or First-Person Point of View?
400
A sentences that connects one idea or paragraph to another.
What is a link or transition sentence.
400
The following are all representative of what: Inform, Entertain, persuade, tell a story, or express an opinion.
What is Author's Purpose (an author's intent in writing a literary work)?
500
A figure of speech using like or as to compare seemingly unlike things.
What is Simile?
500
These are the five stages of the plot diagram (in order).
What are Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution?
500
This narrator is outside the story and reveals the thoughts of only one character but refers to that character as "he" or "she"
What is Third-Person Point of View or specifically, Limited Third-Person?
500
an argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
What is a counterargument?
500
What is it called when two or more independent clauses (i.e. complete sentences) are joined without an appropriate conjunction or mark of punctuation? For example: It is nearly half past five we cannot reach town before dark.