Figurative Language
Theme
ICE
Plot Elements
Vocabulary
100

Pow! Bam! Crack! Are all examples of what?

ONOMATOPOEIA

100

The moral or lesson in a story.

THEME

100

This gives context to the evidence.

INTRODUCTION

100

The most exciting part of a story.

CLIMAX

100

He was ecstatic about the gift his wife had given him.

overwhelming happiness, excitement

200

She was as curious as a cat.

SIMILE

200

Repeated pattern, symbol, image, or idea in a story.

MOTIF

200

This shows how the evidence relates to certain ideas and expands on the knowledge of the writer.

EXPLANATION

200

How the conflict is resolved.

RESOLUTION

200

She was asking very presumptuous questions of the stranger.

bold, excessive

300

The beautiful, bubbly, babbling, brook.

Alliteration

300

The point of a paragraph.

MAIN IDEA

300

This gives credit to the writer of the information.

CITATION

300
All the events leading up to the climax.

RISING ACTION

300

The light emanated through the darkness from the room at the end of the hall. 

came through, shone

400

He really blew up when the baseball smashed his window.

HYPERBOLE

400

Skulls, darkness, and death would be examples of what?

MOTIF

400

It is important to add this to the E portion of ICE.

OUTSIDE CONNECTION

400

What the character faces throughout the story.

CONFLICT

400

The gambler counted his winning rapaciously.

Greedily

500

I'm feeling blue.

METAPHOR

500

Characters and how they develop throughout a story, conflict, and how it is resolved.

Analyzing this can help you find a theme.

500

You must have double quotation marks around the entire piece of evidence, and then singular quotes around portions when citing what?

DIALOGUE

500

Tells us the setting, who the characters are, and what the problem in the story is.

EXPOSITION

500

He refused to hearken to his father's warning.

listen