The part of the story where you learn about the setting, characters, and a little of the conflict.
What is exposition?
100
You are the sun, moon, and stars to me.
What is metaphor?
100
The curtains in the window are waving hello to us.
What is personification?
100
The main idea statement in an essay; given at the end of the first paragraph.
What is thesis?
100
"Cora," said Josie, "can I stir?"
"Yes, child."
What is dialogue?
200
Cora finding Josephine's ribbon and Jessie tying it to her hair is an example of...
What is foreshadowing?
200
The turning point of the story is the...
What is climax?
200
The basketball swished into the next.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Autumn moonlight—
a worm digs silently
into the chestnut.
What is haiku?
200
Don't beep that horn again.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
300
He walked into the cave and stopped, unsure of which way to go.
What is third person?
300
The event in the story that sets off the conflict.
What is inciting incident?
300
"He was the filthiest human being I'd ever seen, skin black with dirt."
What is direct characterization?
300
A recurrent image or element in a story that has special significance.
What is motif?
400
Identify the device: steel beams screeched in fear
What is assonance?
400
You walk into the cave and stop, unsure of which way to go.
What is second person?
400
"Yes'm," said Cora. "Josie's right welcome."
What is diction?
400
"The cicadas pierce the air with their searing one-note calls; dust eddies across the roads; from the weedy patches at the verges, grasshoppers whir. The leaves of the maple hang from their branches; on the sidewalk my shadow crackles."
What is imagery?
400
Your love pours down on me, surrounds me like a waterfall.
What is simile?
500
My boyfriend is the devil.
What is metaphor?
500
Identify the device:
"Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though"
What is consonance?
500
He didn't know what to do, his conscience was unclear. To tell the truth and ruin their friendship, or live a lie and lose his soul?
What is internal conflict?
500
I walked into the cave and stopped, unsure of which way to go.