Context in time and place in which the action of a story occurs.
What is SETTING?
100
The representation through language of sense experience. (Painting a picture in your mind)
What is IMAGERY?
100
The main character in a story.
What is a PROTAGONIST?
100
Sequence of incidents or events of which a story is composed.
What is PLOT?
100
In drama, a character found in some plays which, speaking directly to the audience, introduces the action and provides a string of commentary between the dramatic senses. May or may not be a major character in the action.
What is NARRATOR?
200
The turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist's story.
What is CLIMAX?
200
The angle of vision from which a story is told. (First Person, Third Person, Third Person limited)
What is POINT OF VIEW?
200
Any force or person in a story that is in conflict with the protagonist.
What is ANTAGONIST
200
The conclusion, the portion of a plot that reveals the final outcome of its conflicts or the solution of its mysteries.
What is RESOLUTION?
200
Comparison using "like" or "as", and can be long and detailed
What is a SIMILE?
300
Signs or hints of something that is to come.
What is FORESHADOW?
300
An introduction to a poem or play etc; an act or event serving as an introduction to something.
What is the PROLOGUE?
300
During ________ ________, the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obastacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal.
What is RISING ACTION?
300
During ________ _________, the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels. May contain the moment of final suspense, during which the final outcome of the conflict is in doubt.
What is FALLING ACTION?
300
:DAILY DOUBLE: A changing of the scene in a story to a scene at an earlier point in time, usually before the story begins.:DAILY DOUBLE:
What is a FLASHBACK?
400
The dictionary meaning of a word.
What is DENOTATION?
400
A figure of speech in which an implicit comparison is made between two things essentially unalike.
What is a METAPHOR?
400
A person or thing that contrasts strongly with another and therefore makes the other's qualities more obvious.
What is a FOIL?
400
Provides the background information needed to properly understand the story, such as the protagonist, the antagonist, the basic conflict, and the setting.
What is EXPOSITION?
400
The central idea of a literary work.
What is THEME?
500
A reference, explicit or implicit, to something in previous literature or history.
What is ALLUSION?
500
Having two or more possible meanings?
What is AMBIGUITY?
500
A figure of speech in which human attributes are given to an animal, an object, or a concept.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
What a word suggests beyond its basic definition; a word's overtones of meaning.
What is CONNOTATION?
500
Something that means more than what it is; an object, person, situation, or action that, in addition to its literal meaning, suggests other meanings as well.