When the words mean exactly what they say

When what happens is the opposite of what you had expected to happen

To speak to something non-human or dead as if it could talk back and respond

an expressed comparison between 2 unlike things, using "like" or "as"

something that represents or suggests something else

A contradiction between two words that is somehow true

The central meaning or idea to a work of art

When the reader knows more than the character in a story

You mean the opposite of what is said

A contradiction between two ideas or concepts that is somehow true

When something non-human is given human characteristics

To make a situation seem less important than it really is

A comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"

To make a situation seem much larger than it really is

The bigger word for "overstatement" is...

Example:

When we the reader know that Juliet is not dead but will soon wake up, but Romeo thinks she is poisoned

Example:

"The clouds looked like scoops of ice cream."

Example:

When you say that the sun is smiling down on us; or the sea is angry; or your car is feeling sick

Example:

A fire truck that bursts into flames

Example:

A short giant; a warm winter; a peaceful war

Example:

A man has his whole arm cut off and he says, "Oh just a flesh wound."

Example:

The cross in Christianity; the swastika in Nazi Germany; the eagle for America; the white dove for peace.

Example:

I am so mad that my head is going to explode

Example:

If it is sunny day after day and you say, "I'm tired of all this cold and rainy weather."

When the reader is excited to find out what will happen next

The time and place of the story

Hints that help the reader make a prediction

the character who opposes or is against the main character

the main character in the story

the highest point of interest in the story

the problem or struggle in the story

whose eyes we see the story through

the ending of the story

words that describe the five senses and create an image

The events of the story after the climax that wrap up the narrative and lead toward the resolution

The series of events that builds up to the climax

An example of third person limited point of view is...

When a character is freezing in the snow, that is an example of which type of conflict?

Which point of view follows one person's thoughts and actions, and uses the pronoun "he" or "she" or "they"?

Which point of view follows more than one person's thoughts and actions, and uses the pronoun "he" or "she" or "they"?

Which point of view follows the actions and speech of people but not the thoughts, and uses the pronoun "he" or "she" or "they"?

Which point of view follows one person's thoughts and actions, and uses the pronoun "I"?

A person who struggles with his or her own self-image is an example of what kind of conflict:

A person who struggles with racism and class and gender is an example of what kind of conflict:

A person who believes that the Greek gods plan to destroy him is an example of what kind of conflict:

a character in the story who is fully developed is....

a character in the story who is not fully developed is...

a character who changes by the end of the story is...

a character in the story who does NOT change by the end of the story is...

The attitude of the author toward the character or audience is...

"Mr. Toner is as tall as a telephone pole" is an example of...

the fancy French word for the falling action of a plot is...