2. CATEGORY 1 Elements of Plot

3. CATEGORY 2 Point of View

4. CATEGORY 3 Transition Words and Phrases

5. CATEGORY 4 Literary Terms 1

6. CATEGORY 5 Literary Terms 2

7. CATEGORY 6 Literary Terms 3

8. Transition Words and Phrases
Elements of Plot
Point of View
Transition Words and Phrases
Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
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9. CATEGORY 1
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The most exciting moment and the turning point, often results in a change for the main character.

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Climax

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Ties up loose ends, sometimes offers an unexpected twist before the story ends.

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Eases suspense, reveals how the main character begins to resolve the conflict.

14. CATEGORY 1 $300 Falling Action

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Shows how the conflict unfolds and becomes more complicated, builds suspense.

16. CATEGORY 1 $400 Rising Action

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Introduces the setting and the characters, sets up or hints at the conflict.

18. CATEGORY 1 $500 Exposition

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Is not a character in the story, knows the thoughts and feelings of just one character.

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Third Person Limited

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Narrator tells the story to the reader directly, using the pronoun “you.”

22. CATEGORY 2 $200 Second Person

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Is not a character in the story, reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

24. CATEGORY 2 $300 Third Person Omniscient Point of View

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Is a character in the story. Describes his or her own thoughts, feelings, and actions. Doesn’t know what other characters are thinking or feeling.

26. CATEGORY 2 $400 First Person Point of View

27. “I hate losing my slipper,” Cinderella thought.
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“I hate losing my slipper,” Cinderella thought.
“I should give it back to her,” thought the Prince.

28. CATEGORY 2 $500 Third Person Omniscient

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Is used to show result

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In spite of something

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33. Except on the condition of
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Except on the condition of

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As a result of

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37. Provides a contrast or exception
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Provides a contrast or exception

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39. A comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”
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A comparison between two unlike things using the words “like” or “as.”

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Simile

41. Hint about something that happens later
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Hint about something that happens later

42. CATEGORY 4 $200 Foreshadowing

43. The repetition of the same first letter or sound in a group of words.
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The repetition of the same first letter or sound in a group of words.

44. CATEGORY 4 $300 Alliteration

45. A positive, uplifting message about life, or a life’s lesson
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A positive, uplifting message about life, or a life’s lesson

46. CATEGORY 4 $400 Theme

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A comparison of two things without using the words “like” or “as” that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common.

48. CATEGORY 4 $500 Metaphor

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A force working against the protagonist in a story, play or novel. Can be another character, force of nature, society, or internal force within main character.

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Antagonist

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Obvious and intentional exaggeration. “I was so hungry, I could eat a whole cow.”

52. CATEGORY 5 $200 Hyperbole

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The ideas and feelings associated with the word, as opposed to its dictionary definition.

54. CATEGORY 5 $300 Connotation

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Time order; first this happened, and then this happened. Ex. Morning, noon, night.

56. CATEGORY 5 $400 Chronological Order

57. Prose writing that tells an imaginary story.
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Prose writing that tells an imaginary story.

58. CATEGORY 5 $500 Fiction

59. The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
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The giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

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Personification

61. Expresses writer’s attitude toward subject.
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Expresses writer’s attitude toward subject.

62. CATEGORY 6 $200 Tone

63. The time and place of the action.
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The time and place of the action.

64. CATEGORY 6 $300 Setting

65. The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
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The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.

66. CATEGORY 6 $400 Mood

67. A word’s dictionary definition.
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A word’s dictionary definition.

68. CATEGORY 6 $500 Denotation

69. Final Jeopardy!!!!

70. FINAL JEOPARDY A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.

71. FINAL JEOPARDY Irony