Plot
The pivotal moment that changes everything in the story.
What is the climax?
"Literal" and "Figurative" are the two main types of this literary device.
What is Imagery?
This literary device is used when assigning value and meaning to an object.
What is symbolism?
The entire story revolves around this character.
Who is the protagonist?
This literary device is a comparison using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This poem discusses self hate and fear of growing old alone.
What is "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock?"
This is the beginning of the story and usually introduces the setting and most main characters.
What is the exposition?
This is the type of imagery that uses the five senses to describe something literally to the reader.
What is literal imagery?
True or False:
Words, colors, images, and actions can also be symbols.
True
This is the character or force that creates conflict for the protagonist.
Who is the antagonist?
"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 "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock".
Who is T.S. Eliot?"
The ending point.
What is the resolution?
This type of imagery employs devices such as metaphor, simile, and hyperbole to paint a picture.
What is figurative imagery?
This object, often exchanged at weddings, can symbolize commitment.
What is a wedding ring?
This minor character remains stagnant or stationary and does not change throughout the story.
Who is a static character?
This literary device is an obvious exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
He is the Gothic writer who wrote "The Boarded Window".
Ambrose Bierce
Mention the climax of any of the stories we have read in class this school year.
Answers will vary.
"The dog had long brown hair" is an example of this type of imagery.
What is literal imagery?
Thinning hair and a bald spot are symbols for growing old in this T.S. Eliot poem.
What is "The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock"?
This type of character is the opposite of a flat character because they have many characteristics.
Who is a round character?
This literary device is a widely-known saying.
What is an idiom?
This song "Creep" was written by this band.
Who is Radiohead?
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 type of imagery.
What is figurative imagery?
***Daily Double***
What symbol in "The Boarded Window" represents mystery and the desire to cover a mistake?
What is the boarded window (duh)?
This character is the exact opposite of the protagonist and is meant to highlight the protagonist's characteristics.
Who is the foil? Think of Woody and Buzz!
This literary device describes the reference to well known person, story or historical event.
What is allusion?
This student prefers to show his forehead only on Zoom classes.
What is "Salazar?"
The event that spurs everything into motion.
What is the conflict or inciting incident?
"The thunder was angry" is an example of this type of imagery.
What is figurative imagery?
"Symbolism" is different than "personification" because "personification" means assigning these characteristics to an object.
What are human or personality characteristics?
This type of minor character changes throughout the story.
Who is a dynamic character?
This literary device is used by authors when they want to give clues to what is coming and set a tone.
What is foreshadowing?
This story was written by Hans Christian Anderson about a poor girl whose only hope at happiness was death.
What is "The Little Match Girl"?
An event that settles the story towards a resolution.
What is a falling action?
***Daily Double***
Create a figurative image to describe the smell of your feet.
Answers will vary.
What objects in "The Little Match Girl" represent the girls hope and happiness?
What are the matches?
Who is the protagonist of the Walt Whitman poem "I Sit and Look Out"?
Who is YOU?
***Daily Double***
This literary device occurs when the narrator provides incorrect details to mislead the reader.
What is an unreliable narrator?
This is the teacher who has convinced you that literature promotes empathy and has the power to save the world from imminent disaster.
Who is Mr. T?