Plot
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100

This is also known as the introduction of the story. It includes the Who, What, When, Where, and sometimes Why, in the story.

What is Exposition

100

This is a general term for something in a story that represents something else.

What is a symbol?

100

This is a comparison between two unlike things using like or as.


What is a simile?

100

What percent do we use indirect characterization to get to know people?

What is 80%?

100

The main character is telling the story, using personal pronouns such as “I,” or “me.”

What is 1st person POV?

200
This is the turning point in the story. This has the highest interest for the reader because they want to know what happens next.
What is the Climax?
200

The use of descriptive words and phrases that creates a picture in the mind of the reader.

What is imagery?

200

This is a comparison between two unlike things not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

200

The author's intended meaning or overall message in a story.

What is theme?

200

This is a character or force that works against the main character.

Who is the Antagonist?

300

Term given to the problems or struggles that drive the plot of a story. 

What is conflict?

300

She is a wilderness is an example of

What is a metphor?

300

This is what you call exaggeration.

What is hyperbole?

300

A look back at the past 

What is flashback?

300

When the narrator seems to know everything that is going on with characters and their feelings.

What is 3rd person omniscient or "God's Eye" point of view?

400
When problems in the story begin to resolve
What is the Falling Action?
400

Sarcasm is this term

What is verbal irony?

400

This is when human characteristics are given to nonhumans.


What is personification?

400

The theme of Ruthless.

What is "paranoia can kill you in the end"?

400

The type or classification of literature. 

What is genre?

500
The part of the plot when complications begin
What is the Rising Action?
500
The writer's use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
500

This is a reference to another text or an event in history.

What is an allusion?

500

The fact that a Haitian immigrant is prosecuting the Trump assassin is an example of what literary device?

What is irony?

500

The hidden struggle a person feels

What is internal conflict?