Irony
Plot Diagram
Poetry
Nonfiction
Other Things
100

When a character says one thing, but they mean something else

What is verbal irony?

100

The point of greatest tension, when the conflict eases

What is the climax?

100

A type of poem with 14 lines

What is a sonett?
100

The writer’s position or viewpoint on an issue

What is a claim?

100

A description word (blue, funny, tall)

What is an adjective?

200

The contrast between what the reader expects and what actually happens

What is situational irony

200

This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and conflict

What is the exposition?

200

In poetry, rhyme schemes are marked with these symbols

What are letters?

200

The facts, statistics, quotations, examples or expert opinions used to support the author’s point

What is evidence?

200

This genre usually has message about the effects or consequences of technology

Science fiction

300

When the reader knows something that the character does not know

What is dramatic irony?

300

In this part of the plot, the effects of the climax become clear

What is the falling action?

300

The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem

What is meter?
300

A visual representation of  information, such as a pie chart, bar graph, or diagram

What is a graphic feature?

300

Where the story takes place

What is the setting?

400

All irony has this in common

What is contrast?

400

The final outcome of the plot

What is the resolution?

400

In poetry, meter is marked with these symbols

What are straight and curved lines?

400

The main points the author wants to communicate to the readers

What are central ideas?

400
The lesson the author is trying to teach us (what the story is really about)

What is the theme?

500

This type of irony is also known as sarcasm

What is verbal Irony?

500

In this part of the plot, the main characters try to solve the problem, even while complications are introduced

What is the rising action?

500

The way a poem is laid out on the page

What is structure?
500

The definition of a word given at the bottom of the page

What is a footnote?
500

The problem the characters are trying to solve

What is the conflict?