Plot
The pivotal moment that changes everything in the story. Where the story reaches peak tension.
What is the climax?
An over-exaggeration. "I have a MILLION things to do."
What is hyperbole?
This literary device is used when assigning value and meaning to an object.
What is symbolism?
This literary device is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This poem uses symbolism to address the ironic death of someone important.
What is "O Captain, My Captain."
This is the beginning of the story and usually introduces the setting and most main characters.
What is the exposition?
Details that use the five senses to describe something figuratively to the reader.
What is imagery or sensory details?
True or False:
Words, colors, images, and actions can also be symbols.
True
"The sun is a song" is an example of this literary device that makes a comparison without using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
He is the author of "A Christmas Carol".
Who is Charles Dickens?
The ending point.
What is the resolution?
This type of figurative language gives person-like qualities to inanimate objects (things not alive).
What is personification?
This object, often exchanged at weddings, can symbolize commitment.
What is a wedding ring?
This literary device is an obvious exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
We read this story as an example of historical fiction.
What is "Blood on the River"
Mention the climax of any of the stories we have read in class this school year.
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"The dog was a spring in the air" is an example of this.
What is metaphor?
The weather represents how the main character is feeling in this short story.
What is "The Treasure of Lemon Brown"?
This literary device is a widely-known saying.
What is an idiom?
Name one theme from "A Christmas Carol"
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Action(s) that slowly change the fictional world and build to the climax.
What is rising action?
"The child sang like an angel" is an example of this.
What is simile?
In "Behind the Scenes," author Elizabeth Keckley often used this opposing imagery to reference the good and bad of different topics.
What is darkness and light.
This literary device describes the reference to well known person, story or historical event.
What is allusion?
This book taught us about Forensic Anthropology.
What is "Written in Bone"
The event that spurs everything into motion.
What is the conflict or inciting incident?
"The thunder was angry" is an example of this.
What is personification?
"Symbolism" is different than "personification" because "personification" means assigning these characteristics to an object.
What are human or personality characteristics?
This literary device is used by authors when they want to give clues to what is coming and set a tone.
What is foreshadowing?
Name the 3 spirits in "A Christmas Carol."
What is the Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (or Future).
An event that settles the story towards a resolution.
What is a falling action?
***Daily Double***
Use a simile or hyperbole to describe the smell of your feet.
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What object in "A Christmas Carol" represents the death of Tiny Tim?
What is an empty chair?
***Daily Double***
This literary device occurs when there is a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
Your favorite cold-read story from the year.
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