The part of the plot where there is no longer any conflict.
What is the resolution?
100
The character who causes or contributes to the main conflict.
Who is the antagonist?
100
Two or more adjacent words that start with the same letter or sound.
What is alliteration?
100
"Jonas never would have guessed in a million years that he'd be assigned as an elder in the community."
What is hyperbole?
200
The author's attitude toward the material that he or she is writing.
What is tone?
200
The part of the plot that comes after the climax, when the conflict is beginning to be resolved and the plot is calming.
What is falling action?
200
Background information about a novel such as the time period during which it happens or the place where the characters live.
What is the setting?
200
A figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things, usually with the words like or as.
What is a simile?
200
"The stage antagonized Jonas, jeering just enough to make him feel that he had failed the community."
What is personification?
300
The care that authors put into making decisions about the words and phrases that they will use in their literature.
What is word choice?
300
The introduction to the story, where the audience is exposed to the characters, setting, and conflict.
What is the exposition?
300
If the protagonist is trying to decide whether they should join a gang, what kind of conflict are they facing?
What is an internal conflict?
300
A figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal, an object, or an idea.
What is personification?
300
"A lie is a virus that Jonas never imagined he would have to infect himself with."
What is metaphor?
400
The writing strategies and approach an author chooses to use in his or her literature.
What is writing style?
400
The part of the plot when the protagonist faces the conflict or antagonist head-on.
What is the climax?
400
The subject of a piece of literature.
What is the topic?
400
An exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. It is not used to mislead the reader, but to emphasize a point.
What is hyperbole?
400
"Each newchild is given a number and lives without a name, like a product in a factory lineup."
What is simile?
500
Writing that is considered true, real, or factual- the author did not make it up.
What is non-fiction?
500
A conflict that involves a character fighting against outside forces.
What is an external conflict?
500
The type of external conflict that a character is facing as he fights against the Spanish Army.
What is man vs. society?
500
A figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. The comparison is not announced by like or as.
What is a metaphor?
500
"The room in the dream was warm and damp. And I had taken off my tunic, but hadn't put on the smock, so my chest was bare. I was perspiring, because it was so warm."