The time and place where a story or event takes place.
What is the setting?
100
Poised between going on and back, pulled
Both ways taut like a tight-rope walker,
Now bouncing tiptoe like a dropped ball,
Or a kid skipping rope, come on, come on!…
What is simile?
100
These are added to the beginning of an existing word in order to create a new word with a different meaning.
e.g.
happy -> un- unhappy
cultural -> multi- multicultural
What are prefixes?
100
To devote (time or effort) to a particular task or purpose.
What is dedicate?
200
An account of the series of events making up a person's life.
What is a biography?
200
The logical sequence of events that make up a story or the main part of a story.
What is the plot?
200
A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It is a difference between the appearance and the reality.
e.g.
The name of Britain’s biggest dog was “Tiny”.
You laugh at a person who slipped stepping on a banana peel and the next thing you know, you slipped too.
What is irony?
200
Not often; rarely.
What is seldom?
200
These are added to the end of an existing word.
e.g.
taste -> -less tasteless
idol -> -ize/-ise idolize/idolise
like -> -able likeable
What are suffixes?
300
A story coming down from the past; especially : one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable
What is a legend?
300
It is central idea or concept of a story.
What is the theme?
300
a figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics.
e. g.
The assignment was a breeze.
Her voice is music to his ears.
What is a metaphor?
300
Escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
What is evade?
300
Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry)
What is compose?
400
A legendary story of supernatural happenings, a narration intended to enforce a useful truth; especially : one in which animals speak and act like human beings
What is a fable?
400
This literary element is characterized by diminishing tensions and the resolution of the plot's conflicts and complications.
What is the falling action?
400
A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have the ability to act like human beings.
e. g.
Look at my car. She is a beauty, isn’t it so?
The flowers danced in the gentle breeze.
What is personification?
400
1. noun: A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
2. adjective: Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.
What is pedestrian?
400
1. The highest point of a hill or mountain.
2. A meeting between heads of government.
What is summit?
500
A collection of extracts from the writings of various authors.
What is an anthology?
500
Where characters of a narrative speak to one another
What is the dialogue?
500
A figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
e.g. “cruel kindness” or “living death”.
What is an oxymoron?
500
No longer produced or used; out of date.
What is obsolete?
500
Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.