Narrative Elements
When and Where the story takes place is called:
Setting
If you're running a race and pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
second place
The person who drives the action and faces the main obstacle in a story; another word for a main character:
Protagonist
The highest point of conflict in the story is called?
Climax
What type of literary device is being used...
When we compare two different things showing how they are similar or equal:
"He is a moster."
Metaphor
This is the overall structure of the story which has 5 distinct parts including the denouement.
PLOT
You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, a lamp, and a match. What do you light first?
the match
The character who opposes the main character; another word for the enemy in a novel:
Antagonist
The part of the Plot when we learn about the setting is called:
Exposition or Introduction
What type of literary device is being used...
When human traits are given to non-human things:
"The pencil walked off the table."
Personification
The way we see and hear a story through a narrator, including 3rd person omniscient.
Point of View
What has a head and a tail, but no body?
a coin
Type of conflict:
A battle between a character and a large white whale would be classified as what type of conflict?
Human vs. Nature
The part of the plot when conflict first starts to increase.
Rising Action
What type of literary device is being used...
When the reader expects something to happen, but the opposite happens:
"An English teacher who cannot read."
Irony
The struggle between two opposing forces in a story; another word for a fight:
Conflict
What goes up but never comes down?
your age
Type of conflict:
When a person has an internal struggle with identity we can classify this as what type of conflict?
Human vs. self
The "X" Axis in the Plot graph is labeled:
^ / \ .
| / \ .
| _____/_______\______>
(^ this axis of the Plot graph)
Time
What type of literary device is being used...
When an physical object takes on deeper significance and represents non-physical ideas:
"A rose __________ love."
Symbolizes or Symbolism
A type of writing that uses very descriptive words to paint a picture in the readers head, including smell, touch and sight:
Imagery or Sense imagery ("Senses" will be accepted as an answwer)
What has to be broken before you can use it?
an egg
Type of conflict:
When a person has an external struggle with ALL the people in their school we can classify this as human vs. human OR What type of conflict?
Human vs. Society
The "Y" Axis in the Plot graph is labeled:
^ / \ .
(this >) | / \ .
| _____/_______\______>
Stress, conflict, problems, or tension.
What type of literary device is being used...
When there is exaggeration for emphasis:
"I am starving to death!"
Hyperbole