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Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Misc. Terms
100

Comparison using like or as

What is a simile?

100

Point of most interest in a story.

What is the climax?
100

The use of concrete things to represent ideas.

What is symbolism?

100

Using facts and reason to persuade people.

What is Logos?

200
An inten tionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
200

The main character or force against the protagonist.

What is the antagonist?

200
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200
What a word suggests, not what it actually means.
What is connotation?
300
Applies human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
300

Time and place of a story

What is the setting?

300
A return to an earlier time in a story to give prior information.
What is flashback?
300
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
400
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400

An underlying message about life or moral of the story.

What is the theme?

400

When the reality is the opposite of what is expected.

What is irony?

400
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
500
The car dared me to drive faster.
What is personification?
500

Person vs society.

What is external conflict?

500

The attitude of the author.

What is tone?

500

Believing a message because we trust the messenger.

What is Ethos?