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, Ponyboy Curtis is this in "The Outsiders."
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
If a narrator uses the words "I" and "We", what point of view is the story from?
First Person Point of View
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 you are sarcastic about a serious problem. For example, "We don't need sports at Naylor! Who needs to exercise or be healthy?"
What is satire?
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
This is a series of related events that make up the story.
Plot
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, it is called what?
Characterization
400
The attitudes or emotions conveyed by an author in a story.