How it's Told
All about Character
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Terms Terms Terms
Pot Pourri
100

Slang or everyday language in writing

Colloquialism

100

The main character in a piece of literary work

Protagonist

100

The title of a short story goes in what?

Quotation marks

100

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives

dilemma

100

The only bird that can fly backwards

Hummingbird

200

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose or criticize a political or social issue

Satire

200

This point of view is when a story is narrated by a character in a story

First person

200

Two independent clauses joined by a comma is 

A comma splice

200

How the author wants the reader to feel, as a result of reading their work

Mood 

200

A food that never spoils

Honey

300

"All that glitters is not gold" is an example of what?

cliche

300

The person that opposes challenges the main character

Antagonist

300

A dialogue tag needs what punctuation before opening a quotation

comma

300

The deeper message or central idea in a text

Theme

300

What percentage of the earth's surface is covered in water? 

71%

400

This point of view allows the author to move from character to character, event to event, having free access to the thoughts, feelings and motivations of characters

Omniscient

400

This is used when something is going to happen to a character or situation in the plot of a story

Foreshadowing

400

The three ways to integrate a quote are

Use a dialogue tag, make the quote part of the sentence, or use a colon.

400

A character, an action, an object, or an animal in a story that represents something else

Symbol

400

The name of Shakespeare's wife who is also a famous actress

Anne Hathaway