Characters
Literary Terms
Elements of Plot
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Quotes
100
This character really wanted to be a messenger in Ember
Who is Lina Mayfleet
100
A comparison between two like things using is
What is a simile
100
The characters, the situation and the characters are part of this
What is the exposition
100
Something that represents something else
What is a symbol
100
"The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences."
What is COE
200
Character that was a "leader" of his town. His greed and deceptive ways made him trouble for the protagonists
Who is Mayor Cole
200
A comparison between two unlike things not using like or as
What is a metaphor
200
The highest point of interest in any story is
What is the climax
200
The main character or force in conflict with the narrator
What is the antagonist
200
"The sun is like a flower, that blooms for just one hour. And fills our world with light, and leaves us feeling bright."
What is "All Summer in a Day"
300
This character was very smart and wanted to save the city
Who is Doon Harrow
300
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects
What is personification
300
The main character in the story that must come to a realization or grow and develop
What is the protagonist
300
This is a brief work of fiction with fewer characters and one plot and one setting
What is a short story
300
"And she wept all day long, from chagrin, from regret, from despair, and from distress."
What is "The Necklace."
400
Character in the necklace that is consumed with greed and wealth
Who is Madame Louisel
400
The main character in a story. He or she is the person who the action happens to
Who is the protagonist
400
The first part of the plot diagram includes a few of these
What is the rising action
400
This is a perspective from which a story is told: first person and third person
What is point of view
400
"What would have happened if she had not lost that necklace? Who knows?How singular life is, how changeable!"
What is "The Necklace"
500
Character in When You Reach Me that time travels. He is known by two separate names in the novel
Who is Marcus or the laughing man
500
Clues that suggest events yet to come are these
What is a flashback
500
The end or conclusion of the story
What is the resolution
500
When the audience has a fuller knowledge of what is happening than a character does
What is dramatic irony
500
"It was Richard who taught me how to tie knots. He learned when he sailed boats as a kid and he still carries pieces of rope in his suitcase."
What is When you Reach Me