What is it called when the narrator is involved in the action and uses "I"?
1st person point of view
100
What is the descriptive words a writer uses to recreate sensory (sight, smell, sound, taste, feelings) experiences called?
Imagery
100
What is giving human characteristics to non-human elements such as objects, animals, ideas called?
Personification
100
What is the main problem the protagonist faces that drives the entire story called?
Conflict
100
What is the main character called?
Protagonist
200
What is it called when the narrator is not part of the story and only knows zero to one character's thoughts?
3rd person limited
200
What is a scene that describes events that took place at an earlier time called?
Flashback
200
What is a writer's use of hint or clues, to indicate events that will occur in a story called?
Foreshadow
200
What is the most exciting point in the story where you know the entire story is about to change called?
Climax
200
What is it called when the opposite happens of what is said or expected?
Irony
300
What is it called when the narrator is not part of the story and knows all or most of the characters' thoughts?
3rd person omniscient
300
What is a comparison between 2 things to show similarities called?
Analogy
300
What is The major idea of a story called?
Theme
300
What is the background information in a story called? (Includes setting, introduction of main character(s), and conflict.)
Exposition
300
What is the rhyme scheme for the following poem?
If only you had whiskers
Like the ones we kitties wear,
you might just turn that sideways
then you wouldn't have to swear.
ABCB
400
What is the reason why an author writes something called? (Is either to persuade, inform, or entertain).
Author's purpose
400
What is a reference to historical or fictional characters, places or events that the writer assumes the reader will recognize called?
Allusion
400
What is the following rhyme scheme?
I had a frog whose name was Jim,
I was extremely fond of him.
He turned into a Prince one day,
I shook my head and ran away.
AABB
400
What is how it all turns out, the untying of the know of the conflict called? (2 terms and you need to say both.)
Denouement/resolution
400
What is the rhyme scheme for the following poem?
A hedgehog misses
children's kisses
their cuddles, coddles, tickles,
Rabbits or mice
seem twice as nice
designed without the prickles.
AABCCB
500
What is the author's opinion of his/her writing subject called?
Author's point of view or viewpoint
500
What is a way of describing the pattern of rhymes in a poem called?
Rhyme scheme
500
What is the way the reader feels when reading a story called?
Mood
500
What is the sequence of actions or events in a story called?
Plot
500
What type of conflict is the following example? Don't forget to state if it's internal or external.
Due to the torrid rain, Daniel's car slid off the road and got stuck in the mud.