Elements
What is the term for the main character in a story?
protagonist
Name the first part of the plot diagram where the main characters and setting are introduced also known as "world building"
the exposition
This device involves giving human traits to non-human things.
personification
Flowers "danced" in the wind is an example of what?
personification
foreshadowing is what?
When something early on happens in the story and gives signs of something else happening in the future
200: This element refers to the time and place in which a story takes place.
setting
What is the point of greatest tension in a story called?
climax
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words called?
alliteration
What are these examples of? "Old News" or "small crowd"
oxymoron
what is an example if internal conflict?
A person finding out they have cancer
What do we call the struggle between opposing forces in a story?
conflict
In a plot diagram, what comes after the climax?
falling action
Identify the literary device that involves an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
hyperbole
"Pow" "Splash" "Bang"
onomatopoeia
What does it mean to be ironic?
contradict something/oneself
What is the life lesson of the story called?
theme
What term describes the resolution of a story where conflicts are resolved?
resolution
What term is used for a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
simile
I am going to die if I don't get that new car!
hyperbole
What are the three parts of Irony?
situational, verbal, dramatic
What is the term for the sequence of events that make up a story (roller coaster)?
plot
Describe the part of the plot where the main conflict begins to develop.
rising action
What is it called when you have two words next to each other, that oppose each other?
oxymoron
She is the sun
metaphor
spell the literary device that is used for "sounds" (Splat, pow, bang).
onomatopoia