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Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Fiction
Plot
Writing
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
When and where a story occurs
What is the setting?
100
The "high point" of the plot, where the main problem is resolved
What is the climax?
100
Why the author wrote
What is author's purpose?
200
Shows action
What is a verb?
200
A comparison using the verb "is"
What is a metaphor?
200
The problem of a story, though there may be more than one
What is the conflict?
200
The element of plot where most of the story takes place; all the problems arise here
What is the rising action?
200
Words that have the same meaning
What are synonyms?
300
Replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
300
Giving human traits to an object or animal
What is personification?
300
The main idea of a piece of fiction; it can also be considered "a lesson learned"
What is the theme?
300
The part of the story where the reader is let back down after the climax
What is the falling action?
300
Words that sound alike but have different meanings
What are homonyms?
400
Shows intense emotion
What is an interjection?
400
Sound effects
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Language used to enhance interest and emotion
What is figurative language?
400
The end of the story, where the "loose ends" are usually wrapped up
What is the resolution?
400
The topic as a complete sentence; usually contains the writer's opinion
What is the thesis statement?
500
Shows a relationship
What is a preposition?
500
An extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
The type of theme that you have to figure out
What is an implied theme?
500
The part of the story that introduces, or exposes, the setting and main characters
What is the exposition?
500
Details that do not discuss the topic or thesis
What are irrelevant details?