Literary Genre
EOG Vocabulary
Parts of Speech
Poetry
"Twelve Words"
100
A type of literature that tells about imaginary characters or events
What is fiction?
100
The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next
What is plot?
100
a word that shows action or a state of being
What is a verb?
100
Her eyes were big quarters.
What is a metaphor?
100
different
What is contrast?
200
A brief work of fiction
What is a short story?
200
alike, similar
What is a comparison?
200
modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb
What is an adverb?
200
Bang! is an example of
What is onomatopoeia?
200
important
What is signficant?
300
A story written to be performed
What is a drama
300
A scene within a story that interupts the sequence of events to relate events that occured in the past
What is a flashback?
300
I, you, he, she, it
What is a pronoun?
300
one who writes poetry
What is a poet?
300
put together; create
What is formulate?
400
A story of the writer's own life
What is an autobiograhpy?
400
A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
What is theme?
400
connects similar kinds or groups of words
What is a conjunction?
400
a comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
400
outline; list in steps
What is trace?
500
This type of literature combines elements of fiction and fantasy with scientific fact
What is science-fiction?
500
The act of creating and developing a character
What is characterization?
500
a type of verb that connects a noun with a predicate (subject)
What is a linking verb?
500
My words are arranged in a shape that reflects my subject?
What is a concrete poem?
500
break apart; study the pieces
What is analyze?
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