Story Basics
Short Stories
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
100

The  ________ tells us when and where a story takes place.  

Setting

100

What instrument does Lemon Brown talk about in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?  

His harmonica

100

Marvelous monsters marching down Maple Street is an example of what? 

Alliteration

100

A cop and a criminal being best friends is an example of _________.  

Irony

100

What is dialogue?

Anything a character says out loud in a story.  

200

What is the struggle between two opposing forces

Conflict

200

Who is the protagonist in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?

Greg Ridley

200

Victor was so embarrassed that he was going to die is an example of a(n) __________.  

Hyperbole.  

200

A clue of something that will happen later in the story is ________________.  

Foreshadowing.  

200

Who is the antagonist in "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"

The thugs

300

What is the force that goes against the protagonist called?

Antagonist

300

"Sci-Fi" is one of the genres of which story?

"The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"

300

"The Dark sky filled with angry, swirling clouds," is an example of ___________.  

Personification.  
300

True or false: nonfiction means the story is made up.

False

300

What subject does Victor pretend to know in "Seventh Grade"? 

French

400

The most interesting part, or the biggest conflict in a story is the 

Climax

400

What is the climax in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street"?

Charlie shooting Pete Van Horn

400

"Maple Street was a bedlam, an outdoor asylum for the insane" is an example of a(n) _____________.  

Metaphor.  

400

The feeling that a story conveys to the reader is the ________.  

Mood

400

A lesson the author is trying to get the reader to understand is the __________.  

Moral

500

What is the correct order of the plot pyramid?

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution

500

What decade is "After Twenty Years" set in?

1900s

500

Figures one and two looked like shadowy clouds-This is an example of what? 

A simile

500

A message the author gives the reader about humanity is the ________________.  

Theme

500

What type of conflict is a struggle WITHIN the character?

Internal conflict.