1Literary Devices
2Story Structure
3Figurative Language
4Characterization
5Conflicts & POV
100
This point of view uses “you” and directly addresses the reader?
What is 2nd person point of view?
100
The Climax
What is the name for the turning point of a story?
100
A comparison between two things using “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
100
The way an author brings characters to life.
What is the definition of characterization?
100
A problem is another word for this.
What’s another word for conflict in a story?
200
They stand in the way or oppose the main character or protagonist.
What is the purpose of the antagonist in a story?
200
In Media Res
What type of plot structure starts in the middle of the story?
200
“The bags of groceries felt like they weighed a thousand pounds.” This an example of this figure of speech.
What is hyperbole?
200
A dynamic character can be defined this way.
What type of character undergoes a permanent change from the beginning to the end of the story?
200
“A group of workers fights back against unfair and unsafe working conditions and demand better pay” is an example of this type of conflict.
What is an example of a Character versus Society conflict.
300
Setting, conflict, plot and other literary devices are used by an author to reveal this to a reader.
How is theme revealed to the reader?
300
The time when and the place where the story takes place.
What are the two components of Setting?
300
“The ancient tree had watched over the farm for more than a century” is an example of this figure of speech.
What is personification.
300
Each letter of STEAL represents these terms.
What is Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks?
300
When the author uses “you” and addresses the reader directly.
What is the definition for second person point of view.
400
The moral message or lesson of a story. There can be more than one.
What is a theme?
400
Denoument is another word for this part of story structure.
What is another name for the resolution of the story?
400
A symbol has more than one of these.
What has both a literal or surface meaning but also a metaphoric or deeper meaning as well?
400
When the reader learns about characters through what they do, say, and what other character says about them.
What is indirect characterization?
400
These are the four major types of conflicts in a story.
What are: Character vs. character; Character vs. society; Character vs. nature; Character vs. self
500
The feeling a story evokes in a reader.
What is mood?
500
These are the five parts of story structure.
What are Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution or Denoument?
500
When an author explores one big idea or symbol deeply in a poem, song, or story.
What is an extended metaphor?
500
One type of character is capable of growth and change during a story, while the other character is not.
What is the difference between a round character and a flat character?
500
This is when the narrator uses character names or “he, she, they, it, their, them, themselves” and the reader only learns the thoughts of ONE character.
What is third person point of view, limited omniscent.