Parts of a Story
Figurative Language
Figurative Language 2
All About Characters
Types of Stories
100

This is when the conflict of a story reaches its highest point of drama and tension.

What is the climax of a story?

100
This is funny-looking word that means: "An exaggeration, usually to emphasize the speaker's feelings"

What is Hyperbole?

100

When we compare two things without using the words "like" or "as" it is called this.

What is a Metaphor?

100

This is typically the main character in a story, the good guy.

What is the Protagonist?

100

This is a plot structure that keeps the story's events in chronological order.

What is Linear?

200

This is when the conflict of a story ends and remaining issues are neatly dealt with.

What is a story's Resolution?

200

This is the name of repetition of sounds throughout multiple words or lines.

What is alliteration?

200

This is what its called when we compare two things using the words "like" or "as".

What is a Simile?

200

This is typically the main villain of the story; the bad guy.

What is the Antagonist?

200

A plot structure which tells the story out of order is called this.

What is Nonlinear?

300

When a conflict starts with an inciting incident and begins to intensify, we call it this.

What is the Rising Action?

300
When an author makes references to literature, movies, or culture, its called this:

What is an Allusion?

300

This is what it's called when we give human qualities to something that is not a human.

What is Personification?

300

This type of character highlights the traits of another character--usually the protagonist--by being very different from them.

What is a Foil character?

300

These are the three types of perspective which we can see throughout literature.

What are First, Second, and Third Person Point-of-View?

400

This is found in the beginning of a story, where characters, setting, and basic situations are introduced.

What is Exposition?

400
When the audience experiences a contrast between what is expected and what actually happens in a piece of literature, its called this.

What is Irony?

400

This is a figure of speech which cannot be understood literally: "Raining cats and dogs"

What is an Idiom?

400

This is a struggle that the main character faces from an outside force.

What is external conflict?

400

This is what Mrs. Bryant means when she says "text".

What is any piece of literature, art, or media that we are analyzing?

500

This is when a story's tension begins to lessen and calm down.

What is the Falling Action?

500

This is a story, poem, or other piece of art that uses characters and symbols to teach a deeper meaning.

What is an Allegory?

500

This is the way that an author wants their audience to feel. This is influenced by the setting and word choice an author uses.

What is Mood?

500

This is a struggle that the main character faces in their mind.

What is internal conflict?

500

This is what we must do when making direct references to someone else's work, even if we're just paraphrasing. Doing this helps to make sure we're not plagiarizing someone else's ideas.

What is citing evidence?