Plot
The introduction to the story, which usually includes the setting and the protagonist
What is the exposition of the story?
Comparing two like things saying one thing IS the other. (Juliet IS the sun)
What is a metaphor?
This person was dissolute in his beliefs in The Most Dangerous Game.
Who is General Zaroff?
The author directly tells the reader what a character is like by describing the character’s personality, appearance, thoughts, feelings, or traits.
What is direct characterization?
A word that imitates or suggests the sound it describes (BUZZ or BANG)
What is onomatopoeia?
The event in the story that disrupts the protagonist's normal routine, introduces the primary conflict, leads them to act, and moves the plot forward.
What is the inciting incident of a story?
Giving human traits or qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
This character used his feint tactics to beat his adversary.
Who is Rainsford?
The central message, lesson, or idea about life that an author communicates through a story.
What is the theme of the story?
A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event, text, myth, or cultural idea
What is an allusion?
Actions in the story that lead to the climax.
What is rising action?
Over exaggerating
What is hyperbole?
A difficult or perplexing situation Rainsford finds himself in. (It's a Unit 1 vocab word)
What is a dilemma?
The author shows what a character is like through STEAL: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, and Looks
What is indirect characterization?
The repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words
What is alliteration?
The turning point in the story. The moment of highest tension.
Comparing two things using "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
Rainsford was careful and cautious to consider all of his options in the jungle. What is the vocab word for careful & cautious?
What is circumspect?
(Man vs. self) (Man vs. Man, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society)
What is the conflict of the story?
A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens, or between what is said and what is meant
What is irony?
The events that follow the climax and resolve the story's main conflict. (2 plot elements)
What are the falling action and resolution of a story?
Descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses to help picture the scene.
What is imagery?
General Zaroff was a citizen of another country. In other words, he is a(n)________________.
What is an alien?
The literary techniques the author uses to deliver the story to the reader.
What is style?
A common expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words.
What is an idiom?