Figurative Language
What is it called when words and phrases begin with the same letter(s) or sounds?
Alliteration
What makes a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"?
Simile
What is the part of the story when it reaches its most important point called?
Climax
What is the time and place in which the story is taking place?
Setting
Who is the most important character or the "good guy" in the story?
Protagonist
What is it called when an object or animal is given the characteristics or features of a human?
Personification
What is an example of a simile?
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What are the main details in the story that lead up to the climax called?
Rising Action
What is it called when an author gives subtle hints to things that may happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
Who is the one in the story who is in conflict with the main character or the "bad guy?"
Antagonist
What is it called when a word is pronounced like the sound it represents?
Onomatopoeia
What is an example of a hyperbole?
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First Person
What is text that explains a series of events?
Narrative
What is the struggle that is taking place in a story that can be either external or internal?
Conflict
What is an extreme exaggeration or overstatement called?
Hyperbole
What is the view, or from who's perspective, or viewpoint, that the story is being presented?
Point of View
What are the main details that follow the climax of the story called?
Falling Action
What is a shared conversation between two or more people?
Dialogue
What type of conflict is the emotional struggle between what the character wants to do and what he feels he must do?
Internal Conflict
What is it called when someone makes a comparison between two things without using the words "like" or "as"?
Metaphor
What is a phrase or saying that means something other than what it actually says?
Idiom
What is it called when the narrator of a story is not a character from the story?
Third Person
What leads up to and follows the climax?
Rising and Falling Action
What type of conflict is the external problem that is standing in the way of the character and what he wants to accomplish?
External Conflict