Figurative Language and Plot Mountain Test Review

To not mean what you say, but to imply something else

What are the two types of conflict?

Metaphor is...

Comparing two things using "like" or "as"

"They are like two peas in a pod"... is an example of...

"I am so hot I could melt"... is an example of...

"Caleb called Chris to go to California"... is an example of...

This is the place in a story where things are going to finally starting coming together...

All/most questions are answered in this type of resolution

Time and Place of the story

Turning point in a story...

"Jeff is a fish in water"... is an example of...

In a story... this is where it comes to some sort of ending...

Carries out the action of the story...

Usually the part of the story where the character can change...

"The leaves danced in the wind" ... is an example of what?

During this part of the story... the conflict(s) begin to develop

What are the 3 things you find in the EXPOSITION of the story?

"Elements" of Setting include...

"I am so hungry I could eat a cow" ... is an example of...

Sequence of events of a story

Repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words 

the use of a word that imitates or suggests the sound of what the word refers to

Perspective from which a story is told

Hyperbole

"I am a city, I am the sea, I am a golden mystery"... is an example of...

In a story... "nothing new" is going to be introduced during this portion 

"She sells sea shells by the sea shore"... is an example of...

As soon as the "uncertainty" of the conflict is over... This is over...

In this type of Resolution... the reader still has questions and not all "ends are tied up"

Giving something non-human, human qualities

Used for emphasis or for humorous effect

In a story... everything that happens after the climax

Can be internal or external...

The place in the story where the building of suspense and/or interest begins...

Two types of Resolution...

"The houses straight as dead men"... is an example of...