Plot
Figurative Language
Story
Character
Author's Craft
100

The number of stages of plot in a story.

What is five?

100

When two or more words in a group of words begin with the same sound, such as "The Karate Kid."

alliteration

100

The environment in which a story takes place.

setting

100

A conversation between characters in a work of literature.

dialogue

100

The feeling a reader gets from reading a book, which is created by the author's word choice.

mood

200

This is usually the longest stage of plot, where many complications challenge the protagonist. 

What is Rising Action?
200

Extreme exaggeration used by an author, often meant to be funny.

hyperbole

200

A story's main message or moral.

theme

200

A character who undergoes a significant change by the end of a book.

dynamic character 

200

The author's attitude toward the subject that they are writing about.

tone

300
Characters are a setting for a short story are introduced in this plot stage.

Exposition

300

"I wanted to break the ice on the first day of school" is an example of this figurative language.

idiom

300

A moment when a story focuses on events that happened in the past.

Flashback

300

In this point of view the narrator is a character in the story and describes events from their own viewpoint.

first person

300

In a drama, these words are spoken by a character directly to the audience, but other characters on stage do not hear them.

aside

400

This feeling is created by the author during the climax of a story.

Suspense 

400

"The newborn kitten is a ray of sunshine" is an example of this type of figurative language.

metaphor

400

Clues or hints about something that will happen later in a book.

foreshadowing

400

A character who does not undergo a major change throughout a story.

static character

400

This kind of language appeals to the five senses and helps a reader feel like they are really part of the story.

imagery

500

These are the names of the 1) main hero and 2) main villain in a plot.

1) Protagonist and 2) antagonist

500

"The wind whistled a happy song during my tropical vacation" is an example of this figurative language.

personification

500

An object, a person, a weather pattern, and more that is both itself, but also represents something more than itself.

symbol or symbolism 

500
The narrator is not a character in the story when the author writes from this view point.

third person

500

When the reader or audience member is aware of something that the characters in a story are not aware of.

Dramatic irony 

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