Definitions
Examples
Plot Diagram
Conflict
Misc.
100
A direct comparison without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
100
Bobby baked bread before Barbara's birthday bash, but Billy bought butterscotch brownies.
What is Alliteration?
100
The top point of the plot diagram.
What is Climax?
100
The two categories of conflict.
What are Internal & External Conflict?
100
Theme cannot be...
What is One Word?
200
Two contradicting words put together - and somehow make perfect sense.
What is an Oxymoron?
200
The splish-splash of the cars driving through the puddles in the street kept me awake all night.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
The second point on the plot diagram.
What is Rising Action?
200
Elisa and Gianna fought over who broke their mom's vase.
What is Man vs. Man?
200
Talking directly to the reader.
What is 2nd Person POV?
300
The story starts in the middle of the action.
What is In Medias Res?
300
This type of character does not change throughout the story.
What is Static Character?
300
The fourth point on the plot diagram.
What is Falling Action?
300
As I walked home from school, the pouring rain started without warning. Thunder boomed all around me and it was getting difficult to see through the sheets of rain.
What is Man vs. Nature?
300
This person is put into a story to show extreme differences.
What is Foil Character?
400
The author gives hints about what will happen in the story, without giving anything away.
What is Foreshadowing?
400
The warm and comforting fire made me fall asleep.
What is Personification?
400
The last point on the plot diagram.
What is Resolution?
400
Julia knew that Tyra should not have stolen the lipgloss from the store, but she did not want Tyra to think that she was too young to hang out with her.
What is Man vs. Self?
400
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
500
The conflict is suddenly resolved using a random outside force.
What is Deus ex Machina?
500
The stream babbled in the midst of a field of rainbow wildflowers. The sun was hot, but the breeze made it so refreshing.
What is Imagery?
500
The first point on the plot diagram.
What is Exposition?
500
Going against the norm.
What is Man vs. Society?
500
These three are known as Rhetorical Appeals...
What are Ethos, Logos, & Pathos?