What is A traditional story intended to explain some mystery of nature,
religious doctrine or cultural belief.
100
Climax
What is High point of the action, the turning point of the story, results in some kind of change for
the main character, sometimes ends the story
100
W. W. Jacobs
What is Who wrote The Monkey's Paw
100
Static character
What is a literary or dramatic character who undergoes little or no inner change
100
Simile
What is the phrase - She is as beautiful as the fresh fallen snow.
200
Tragedy
What is story involves human suffering and death
200
Catastrophe
What is
when everything falls apart at the end of the story
200
J. K. Rowling
What is Who wrote Harry Potter?
200
antonym
What is words having opposite meanings
200
onomotopoeia
What is he use of words that imitate sounds. Example: hiss, buzz, swish
300
Folktale
What is A story passed from one generation to another by word of mouth only.
The characters are usually all good or all bad and in the end are rewarded or punished.
300
Exposition
What is contains the characters and setting, usually near the beginning of the story,
provides the background for the plot
300
Edgar Allen Poe
What is Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?
300
Bias
What is A strong prejudice for one side over another: favor
300
metaphor
What is the phrase - The bumble bee is a bulldozer pushing through the crowd.
400
Essay
What is A short piece of nonfiction that expresses the writer’s opinion or shares
information about a subject.
400
Plot
What is the main events of the story
400
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
What is Who wrote Paul Rever's Ride?
400
Inference
What is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
400
personification
: inanimate objects take on human characteristics
500
Fable
What is : A short story that often uses talking animals as the characters
and teaches a moral or lesson.
500
Denouement
What is the “tying together” of the plot
500
Thomas Jefferson
What is Who wrote The Declaration of Independence?
500
oxymoron
What is combining two things that do not go together : contradictory combination, jumbo shrimp
500
Foreshadowing
What is the use of clues by the author to prepare readers and build suspense by providing
hints of what is to come.