a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
Plot
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
a scene that takes place before a story begins. This interrupts the chronological order of the main narrative to take a reader back in time to the past events in a character's life.
Flashback
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Antagonist
a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something in a text; an adversary.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Dramatic Irony
occurs when the audience knows something that the characters don't.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
trap
No points!
Oops!
fairy
Take points!
5
10
15
20
25
gift
Win 25 points!
Okay!
baam
Lose 25 points!
Oops!
15
Witness
a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Refers to any type of figure of speech, theme, image, character, or plot element that is used many times in a genre.
Trope
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
an uneasy feeling that a reader gets when they don't know what is going to happen next.
Suspense
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Red Herring
to a misleading, or false, clue. It is a common literary device used in mysteries and thrillers that can lead readers down a false path or otherwise distract t
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
a narrative device in which suggestions or warnings about events to come are dropped or planted.
Foreshadowing
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
lifesaver
Give 10 points!
Oops!
magnet
Take 25 points!
Okay!
rocket
Go to first place!
Okay!
thief
Give points!
5
10
15
20
25
baam
Lose 10 points!
Oops!
seesaw
Swap points!
Okay!
shark
Other team loses 10 points!
Okay!
banana
Go to last place!
Oops!
15
a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development.
Breakthrough
Oops!
Check
Okay!
Check
15
Parody
produce a humorously exaggerated imitation of (a writer, artist, or genre).
