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Famous People in Literature and the Arts
Conflict
Figurative Language
Research Resources
Plot
100
This novelist portrayed the strength of poor immigrant workers during the 1930s
John Steinbeck
100
This type of conflict has numerous subtypes of conflict including character vs. character and character vs. nature
External conflict
100
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
100
Where you would look to find a definition of a word
Dictionary
100
The point of highest tension or drama in the story
Climax
200
This novelist wrote about the Jazz age of the 1920s
F. Scott Fitzgerald
200
The type of conflict in a story about a character being bullied at school
character vs. character
200
An exaggeration
Hyperbole
200
Where you would look to find the capitol of Russia
Atlas
200
The end of the story in which all or most of the conflicts are resolved
Resolution
300
This poet combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots in his writing
Langston Hughes
300
Character vs. self is the only subtype of this type of conflict
Internal conflict
300
When a non-human thing is given human characteristics, emotions, or behaviors
Personification
300
Where you would look to find synonyms and antonyms for a word
Thesaurus
300
The part of the story between the beginning and the climax in which multiple characters and conflicts are usually introduced
Rising action
400
These two composers are famous for writing uniquely American music
Aaron Copland and George Gershwin
400
The type of conflict in a story about a character living in a haunted house
Character vs. Supernatural
400
The repetition of the same initial sound in successive words
Alliteration
400
Where you would look to find recent news stories from around the world
Internet
400
After the climax, but before the end of the story
Falling action
500
A painter who chronicled the experiences of the Great Migration north through art
Jacob Lawrence
500
The type of conflict in a story about a character fighting for freedom and equal rights
Character vs. Society
500
The use of the five senses (sight, smell, hearing, taste, touch) to create pictures in the minds of readers
Imagery
500
Where you would look to find concise descriptions of historical people, events, etc.
Encyclopedia
500
The introduction to the story that introduces setting, characters, and conflict
Exposition