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Story Structure
Poetic Devices
Literary Elements
Potpourri
Literary Elements II
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The time and place in which a story takes place
What is setting?
100
The equivalent of a paragraph in poetry.
What is a stanza?
100
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
The series of events in a story
What is plot?
200
Sammy the Snake is an example.
What is alliteration?
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
An "I" narrator is in ..... ..... point of view
What is first person point of view?
200
When the author gives you clues about something that will happen.
What is foreshadowing?
300
A struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces
What is conflict?
300
When you use words like "buzz" and "slam"
What is onamatopoeia?
300
When you say something that is the opposite of what you mean.
What is verbal irony?
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
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution
What is story structure/ plot structure?
400
Personification
What is giving a nonhuman object human characteristics?
400
When there are clues in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
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
Need to do
Need to do
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Writing that is not to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
500
A rose for love or a circle for life
What is a symbol?
500
Name 3 tones that occur in "The Outsiders."
What is ... playful sad angry happy funny serious
500
The point-of-view in "Touching Spirit Bear" with an explanation why.
What is 3rd person point-of-view because it is told by someone who is not in the story.