When you compare two unlike things using the words "like" or "as." For example, "She was as pretty as a flower."
What is a simile?
100
A scene in a book where the character goes back into his/her memory to explain something in the present.
What is a flashback?
100
When an author is trying to make the story funny.
What is humor?
200
Comparing two unlike things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as." For example, "Love is a battlefield."
What is a metaphor?
200
The main character in a story. For example, Rainsford is this in "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is a protagonist?
200
"I have a million things to do today, but I can't do anything yet because I am starving to death!"
This is sentence is an example of this literary device.
What is hyperbole?
200
"To Build a Fire" is told from third person __________.
What is omniscient?
200
When the author gives you clues about something that will happen.
What is foreshadowing?
300
A person who causes problems for the protagonist.
What is an antagonist?
300
When a story references another work it is called_______
What is allusion?
300
The main problem in the story is also called this.
What is conflict?
300
The U.S. flag is a __________ for freedom.
What is symbol?
300
The Titanic was said to be a completely unsinkable ship, yet it sank on its first voyage.
This situation is an example of this literary device.
What is irony?
400
Fill in the blank. The flowers ___________ for water.
Begged! Cried! Screamed!
400
Give me 5 words that are considered onomatopoeia.
Did you tell me sounds that can be written as words?
400
Make up a simile.
Did you compare two unlike things using like or as?
400
When the author describes the characters for us.
What is characterization?
400
The attitudes or emotions conveyed by an author in a story.
What is tone?
500
Name a character in "The Scarlet Ibis" who is both a protagonist AND an antagonist.
Who is brother/Narrator
500
Pretty Ugly is an example of
What is oxymoron?
500
What can a ring be a symbol for?
love
eternity
500
Name a mood that occurs in "The Cask of Amontillado."
What is ...
scary
frightening
terror
500
The point-of-view in "The Cask of Amontillado" with an explanation why.
What is 1st person point-of-view because it is told by the narrator Montresor.