This is the point in the plot where characters and their basic actions are introduced.
What is the exposition?
100
This geographical formation was symbolic of John Krakauer's struggle and determination for success from "Into Thin Air."
What is a serac?
100
This icy void can range in depth from a few feet to several stories.
What is a crevasse?
100
This type of character is considered to be the force for good, a stark contrast to the story's antagonist.
What is the protagonist?
100
The "crystal stair" from Langston Hughes' "Mother to Son" is this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
200
Captain Winter and Rudi encounter this portion of the plot when faced with the chore of lifting the former out of a 20-foot crevasse on the Citadel.
What is the conflict?
200
The statue of Hercules in Aesop's fable "The Lion and the Statue" is symbolic of this type of ancient mythology.
What is Greek mythology?
200
These hanging formations of frozen water and minerals were described by John Krakauer as being "crystalline blue" in his work "Into Thin Air."
What are stalagmites?
200
Rudi shows quite a bit of this character trait during the second chapter of Banner in the Sky, "A Boy and a Man."
What is heroism?
200
Giving an animal or object human characteristics is considered this form of figurative language.
What is personification?
300
This is the part of the plot where the reader's tension and anxiety reach their height after a nail-biting struggle or challenge ends.
What is the climax?
300
Symbolic of a successful and wealthy individual, it's this career person pop band Smash Mouth urges to "get the show on."
What is a rock star?
300
This term describes when a character remembers an important memory from the past or is made to think about past events when encountered with something in the present.
What is a flashback?
300
It's this character trait that Rudi's coworker and friend Teo still shows while working at the Beau Site Hotel, even after all these years.
What is a limp?
300
"Stanley stops standing still" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
400
After Rudi nearly falls from the ledge of the Wunderhorn, and Uncle Franz must assist him, this phase of the plot develops.
What is the falling action?
400
According to Barbara Jordon, this small person symbolizes a blank canvas, free of all racial influence and knowledge, in her piece "All Together Now."
What is a baby?
400
It may seem like an illusion, but this term actually describes when places or things in a story refer to popular places and things in everyday life.
What is allusion?
400
While not altogether evil, Uncle Franz, with his refusal to allow Rudi to climb full time, can be considered this kind of character in the novel "Banner in the Sky."
What is the antagonist?
400
To say that someone is "bored to death," is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
500
This portion of the plot shows Rudi struggling to hold the weight of Captain Winter in the second chapter of Banner in the Sky, "A Boy and a Man."
What is the rising action?
500
The fox, from Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Crow" and numerous other tales, is considered symbolic of this common character in fables and other stories.
What is the trickster?
500
This term means the inclusion, or coming together of different cultures, creeds, and ideas. Before this, American public schools did not allow black students to attend school with their white peers.
What is integration?
500
This character was easily flattered in Aesop's fable including her name, and lost her piece of cheese in the process.
Who is the crow?
500
James Ullman's vivid descriptions of the mountains of Kurtal are what allow readers to visualize a scene.