Short Story Elements, Literary Devices, & Essay Writing

Short Story Elements, Literary Devices, & Essay Writing Bingo Card
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This bingo card has 36 words: The sequence of events in a story, the time and place of a story, The way in which characters are introduced and described in the story, the part of plot that introduces the characters and setting, The supporting details in your body paragraphs., comparison using like or as, A technique that can be situational, verbal, or dramatic in indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated., The story can be told from first, second, and third person POV, comparison not using like or as, A mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship., Events happen as a result of the climax, Free, something happens to begin the action, Created through the narrators vivid description of the text, The beginning sentence of your paragraph, Usually appears in the introductory paragraph of a paper. It offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper,, A central topic, subject, or message within a narrative, The careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text, Free!, The part of the story when the conflict is resolved., Attributing human characteristics to inanimate objects, A narrative device in which a storyteller gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story., The system in which pieces of literature are categorized, A narrative or visual representation in which a character, place, or event can be interpreted to represent a meaning with moral or political significance, A reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work, The ending of your essay/last paragraph, The part of your introduction paragraph where you introduce your main points of discussion, A phrase or expression that usually presents a figurative, non-literal meaning attached to the phrase., The most important characters in literary works, The use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech., An expression of the writer or writers' attitudes and/or feelings about the subject matter as well as about the audience., A figure of speech that juxtaposes concepts with opposite meanings within a word or in a phrase that is a self-contradiction., The part of the essay where you describe and interpret the evidence., Typically the first sentence in your essay, the attention grabber., The simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words, with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis. and A simple yet key aspect of your essay that Mr. Goldring expects.

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