The main character or hero

The turning point of the story

Character who acts against the protagonist

Events that build towards the turning point

The message about life

A conversation between characters

Time and place of the story

Series of events that make up the story

Author gives hints or clues about later events

The action goes back to an earlier time

A problem or struggle against an outside force

Human characteristics are given to non-human things

A comparison that uses like or as

A big exaggeration to emphasize something

A comparison that does not use like or as

When consonant sounds are repeated at the beginning of words

Words that sound the way they are spelled

An expression that has a meaning different than its literal words

Words or phrases are repeated to emphasize an idea

Which passage best represents a story's setting?

Once a king and a queen had three daughters. All three were beautiful, but the youngest, Psyche, was difficult. She was so lovely that men called her a new Aphrodite, a young goddess of love and beauty, but no man dared to marry a goddess.

This part of the plot is called the:

His feet had hardly touched the floor when a nerve-shattering scream filled the house and a glistening body flashes toward him through the band of moonlight. Crouching, he flung the blanket out protecting almost at the same instant the snarling panther was upon him.

Which words in the passage most strongly create a tone of tension?

Which literary device is used in this sentence:

She was tall and thin with hair black as night and a sweet face that never could hide thoughts.

As the months went by, Mr. Okada not only accepted every invitation, he began to come uninvited. He had a distasteful habit of coming in the late afternoon and staying until my mother had to prepare supper and, consequently, felt obliged to ask him to stay.

Based on the passage, the word consequently most likely means.

Usually I enjoyed the daily feeding of the dogs. But not today; I went through the motions dumbly, silently, not paying attention to the fine bird dogs crowding around me. I cleaned the watering troughs with my usual care, but my heart was not in it.

From the massage, the reader can infer that...

"I'm old enough to go on the Christmas hunt," I said. Incredibly, my father laughed. "At ten?" he said. "I'm afraid not." I stood, stricken. "But--" I said. "No," my father, in the voice that mean No, and no more talking about it.

The author uses dialogue mainly to:

But I began to see that I hadn't even begun to work. There were college players my age and younger who could blow me out of the room. All of them were intensely ambitious about making a career, and I finally realized a career is what I wanted too. At the same time, though, I begun to feel I'd come to that realization too late...The big question wouldn't go away. Would I be good enough to make it? Could I make a living as a violinist?

Which response best represents a developing theme?

The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them, resilient and alive

The author uses all of the following literary devices EXCEPT:

In literature, mood can best be defined as

I spent my afternoons sitting cross-legged before the squat Philco radio which stood as a permanent fixture on our porch in Rockville Centre, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York. With my score-book spread before mw, I attended Dodger games through the courtly voice of Dodger announcer Red Barber.

How does the setting impact the narrator?

I turned and looked at him, waiting. What did he want now? I could feel my heart pounding. Something bitter and vile tasting was coming up in my mouth; I was afraid I was going to be sick.

Which word best describes the author's tone?

Which response is an example of third-person omniscient point of view?

"What happened?" we asked each other. "What's going on?" We pressed our faces against the window and looked inside. Mrs. Pratchett was nowhere to be seen. "Look!" I cried. "The Gobstopper jar's gone! It's not on the shelf! There's a gap where it used to be!"

The author uses dialogue mainly to

At one-hour intervals the night guards paced past every room. Each time I heard the approaching footsteps, I jumped into bed and feigned sleep. And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of the bed onto the floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes-until the guard approached again

Based on the passage, the word feigned most likely means

An author writes an article about her frustrations with people using cell phones when driving. She believes that if fines were increased to $1,000, people would stop picking up their phones when behind the wheel

Which text structure fits this piece of writing?

A writer tells a story of a boy who comes to the United States from Japan with his family and encounters bullying when he enters school

Which text structure fits this piece of writing?

More important, I thought, what would I do next? It's one thing to play a trick or two, to get even, but Louis was going crazy! And I never wanted to harm Ginny, or even her stupid moose of a brother. She's just hurt my feelings with that nerd remark

This passage represents an example of

What literary device is used in the following sentence:

For emphasis, Chuck balled his free hand into a fist the size of a ham and held it under my nose

Mama is a sunrise that promises tomorrow and tomorrow

The poet uses literary devices in all the following ways EXCEPT:

Which word has the strongest connotation

I shook my head. "It's not as if we had to build a barn. This is a gift for Father.To make him well." Before they could argue, I left the table to go outside and stand by the logs and the heap of rocks. In my mind's eye, I could see the barn complete. It looked so fine. Better yet was the thought of Father standing right there with me and admiring it, telling me how grand it was.

Which responses best represents a developing theme?

Which example demonstrates a third-person limited point of view

"Let's go in and see if it's still in the jar," somebody said we approached the sweetshop. "Don't," Thwaites said firmly. "It's too dangerous. Walk past as though nothing has happened."

What does the dialogue reveal about Thwaites' personality?

With a desperate lunge, Alben clutched at the edge of the loft and for several seconds after the ladder had crashed to the floor, he clung there, his legs dangling.

Which word best help to create a tone of suspense

She tried her best to lift his spirits, but the boy remained inconsolable and sobbed quietly until he finally fell asleep.

Based on the passages, the word inconsolable most likely means

Which response is an example of an idiom?

Home is where the heart is. There's no place like it. I love my home with a ferocity totally out of proportion to its appearance or location. I love dump things about it: the hot-water heater, the plastic rack you drain dishes in, the roof over my head, which occasionally leaks

From this passage, the reader can infer that

The farmer became very nervous. He began to suspect that there was something very wrong. He shouted at the druggist, "Stop looking at me and hand over the bag of money!"

The author uses this scene to develop the story in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

Which passage reflects an author's foreshadowing?