Figurative Language
PLOT
Characters
Story Elements
WILD
100

Comparison using like or as

Simile 

100

The ___________ introduces the setting, characters, and climate. 

Exposition

100
Main character, may be a hero or heroine, with whom the audience tends to identify.

Protagonist

100

Conversation between two or more people in a literary work

Dialogue

100

Struggle within a single character

Internal conflict 

200

An extreme exaggeration

Hyperbole

200
Time, place, and physical characteristics of where a story takes place. 

Setting

200

Person, animal, or creature in a literary work

Character
200

The overall message or lesson of a story

Theme

200

A feeling that a literary work conveys to the readers

Mood

300

Giving human qualities to something that isn't human

Personification

300

The sequence of events that occur in a story.

Plot

300
Force or character working against the main character.

Antagonist 

300

Hints to the reader at what may happen  next

Foreshadowing

300

Contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually happens 

Irony

400

You are the apple of my eye is what type of figurative language? 

Idiom

400
The part of the plot where the conflict is being resolved. 

Falling action

400

A character who does not change throughout the story

Static 

400

An  interruption in a story to relate to an event that occurred earlier. 

Flashback

400

What point of view is represented when an outside character is telling the story and the audience only know the thoughts and feelings of one character. 

Third person  limited

500

Florida High won the football game on Friday night! 

Synecdoche 

500

Where is the conflict introduced?

Rising action

500

A character who changes and learns throughout a story. 

Dynamic 

500

Expresses the writer's attitude toward his or her subject

Tone 

500

An object or action that means more than its literal meaning. 

Symbol