Literary Devices
Short Stories we read
Elements of a Story
Grammar Foundations
How Should I Know That
100

This literary device uses "like" or "as" to create a comparison. 

What is a Simile. 

100

Press a button, get money and take a life.

What is Button Button

100

The main character is called...

What is a Protagonist 
100
Action words are

What are Verbs. 

100

The Capital of Canada. 

What is Ottawa

200

Giving non living thins living characteristics is and example of...

What is Personification

200

In this story, a leg of Lamb is the murder weapon

What is Lambs to Slaughter

200

The most exciting part of the story is called the

What is the Climax

200

People, places, and things are. 

What are nouns

200

This ended in 1945 and began the Cold War. 

What is World War 2 ended.

300

"He had the heart of a lion" is an example of what type of Literary Device?

What is a metaphor 

300

In this story, the stairs always seemed like a slightly safer bet.

What is The Elevator

300

The setting gives the reader 2 important pieces of information. 

What are time and place.

300

These tell you more about the action. 

What are Adverbs.

300

He first made his fortune selling TNT and other explosives. 

Who is Alfred Nobel.

400

Authors or directors give hints about events to come. 

What is Foreshadowing

400

In this story, the husbands plans are reversed over dinner.

What is the Last Supper

400

Here we learn about the characters, and the setting.

Where is the Exposition/ Introduction.

400

They are descriptions of things.

What are Adjectives

400

He created the largest land empire in History.

Who is Genghis Khan. 

500

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

What is a hyperbole

500

In this story, a character has a blade so sharp, he could "cut a week into 9 days"

What is The Treasure of Lemon Brown

500

Every story must have this, or nothing would happen.

What is conflict.

500

When a sentence does not have an action and a thing.

What is an Incomplete Sentence.

500

This person's accomplishments include inventing mobile X-rays machines, being the only person to ever win a Nobel Prize twice, and discovering Polonium and Radium. 

Who is Marie Curie.