Literary Terms
Punctuation
Context Clues:
restatement, example, or defi
Plot
Poetry
100
The use of an object to represent ideas.
What is symbolism
100
Mark used to form a contraction, possessive forms, and some plurals.
What is an apostrophe
100
My father is a podiatrist, or foot doctor.
What is restatement.
100
Background info at the beginning of the story. Usually provides the setting, main characters, and theme.
What is exposition
100
The poetic term for a group of lines formed either by content or by spacing on the page.
What is stanza
200
A writer hints at events that will happen later in a story.
What is forshadow
200
Used at the end of a sentence that makes a statement
What is a period.
200
When using power tools you should take precautions, such as wearing safety goggles and treating the equipment properly.
What is example
200
The part of the story after the climax in which the major problems are solved. Also called the denoument.
What is resolution
200
A poem written to celebrate a person or object.
What is an ode.
300
A writer shows events that have happened in the past through a dream, memory, or narration.
What is flashback
300
Used at the end of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command
What is an exclamation point!
300
A dirigible is an aircraft that is lighter than air.
What is definition
300
A problem the character has inside of themself. When a character is afraid, depressed, or angry.
What is an internal conflict.
300
A poem written in memory of someone or something that has died.
What is an elegy.
400
Giving human characteristics to inhuman things.
What is personification
400
Used before a list or explanation after an independent clause
What is a colon :
400
The man was infuriated: he simply flew into a rage.
What is restatement.
400
All of the complications and conflict in a story leading to the climax.
What is rising action
400
Type of poem written to tell a story.
What is a narrative.
500
The attitude a write has toward the subject they are writing about.
What is tone
500
Used to show a relationship between two independent clauses or to give an explantaion.
What is a semicolon ;
500
We collected kindling, such as dry twigs and branches, to start the fire.
What is example.
500
When a character encounters a problem with an outside force. Could be another character, nature, or an object.
What is external conflict.
500
A poem that consists of 14 lines.
What is a sonnet.
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