Alphabetical Order
To reduce, decrease, or take away -- to subtract, in other words
Detract
Person vs. Person, Person vs. Self, and Person vs. Nature are all types of dramatic ________
Conflict
Parkview High School, opened in 1976, is this many
Two-and-a-half (50 years / 20)
In "Unusual Normality," he's the unusual one
Ishmael Beah
"He was as hungry as a barnful of really hungry animals."
Simile
A great big noise (from such a small word)
"Happy" and "sad" are examples of this -- as is the adjective "character"
Character Trait
Someone born one century ago has seen this many
Five (100 years / 20)
In "Once Upon A Time," she's the paranoid one
The protagonist (also acceptable: the narrator, the storyteller)
"In the classroom, he was a lamb; on the field, he was a lion."
Metaphor
If you eat two breakfasts, your stomach might have to do this
Distend
An oak tree is not this type of tree
Coniferous
The United States of America, opened in 1776, is this many
12.5 (250 years / 20)
In "The Vietnam Wall," they're respectful -- they don't run or put each other in headlocks -- without anyone telling them to be so
Junior high school boys
"The thunder shook with laughter; the lightning beamed with delight."
Personification
The poems on the blue wall that are in the shapes of things are examples of this type of textual manipulation
Graphic Elements
On Opposite Day, it's the very bottom of dramatic conflict
Climax
TThe number of feet in a mile
264 (5280 feet / 20)
In "Once Upon A Time," she's the wise one
The wise old witch
"But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate -- we cannot consecrate -- we cannot hallow this ground."
Repetition
It means to intend to or be determined to do something. (And is the root of the word for what happens as a result of a narrative climax)
Resolve
A literal translation of this verb's Latin origin is "with sacredness"
Consecrate
The number of words in the Gettysburg Address
13.55 or 13 remainder 11 (271 / 20)
In "Unusual Normality," they're the unreasonable ones. (Seriously -- who brings their report card from a war zone?)
High school principals
"The sly spider's subconscious sunk and slipped along its sinister contours, more akin to a snake than anything with legs."
Alliteration