Freytag's Pyramid
The most suspenseful part of a story.
What is climax?
Words that mean the opposite.
What are antonyms?
Five friends faked having flus on Friday.
What is alliteration?
When something stands for something else (example: the lady in "The Lady and the Tiger").
What is symbolism?
Similar to a summary of a story.
What is a synopsis?
All of the events in a story.
What is plot?
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently (example: hear/here).
What is a homophone?
I was so tired I could sleep for 100 years.
What is a hyperbole?
When something happens that is not expected (example: "Mr. Play It Safe").
What is irony?
The adversary to the protagonist in a story.
What is an antagonist?
The problem in a story.
What is conflict?
A piece of writing that comes at the end of a book.
What is an epilogue?
My computer hates me.
What is personification?
A contradictory sentence (example: It is weird not to be weird.)
What is a paradox?
Both of these words can affect the tone of a speaker through the use of word choice and sentence structure.
What is diction & syntax?
The point in the story where the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
Words that sound the same but have different meanings (example: "pen" you write with/"pen" like a cage).
What is homonym?
The classroom is a zoo.
What is a metaphor?
The sudden moment when memories come back to a character.
What is flashback?
A piece taken from a story.
What is an excerpt?
French for "untie" (also means "the end").
What is denouement?
An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words (example: FYI).
What is an acronym?
She had a Mona Lisa smile.
What is an allusion?
When an author hints at what is going to happen later on in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
A figure of speech not to be taken literally (example: a penny for your thoughts).
What is an idiom?