Figurative Language
Types of Writing
Elements of Fiction
LA Definitions
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100
Repeated vowel sounds within words.
What is assonance?
100
An imaginative type of writing where magic and magical creatures are common.
What is a fantasy?
100
Name the type of conflict: The main character is lost at sea in a raft.
What is person vs. nature?
100
The part of the story that breaks the normal order of events and goes back to a past event.
What is a flashback?
100
Example: "Ya'll got no idear whuz goin' on 'round these here parts!"
What is dialect?
200
A figurative language phrase that is so overused that it has lost its impact.
What is a cliche?
200
A story that explains why something happens in nature - often has gods and goddesses.
What is a myth?
200
Name the type of conflict: The main character is terribly worried that she is going to make a mistake during her gymnastics routine at the Olympics.
What is person vs. self?
200
Describing how events or characters are different from one another.
What is contrasting?
200
Example: Fuzzy means "covered in fur".
What is denotation?
300
Example: The cliff mocked the mountain climber.
What is personification?
300
A narrative that features only a few characters and does not have nearly as many pages as a novel.
What is a short story?
300
Name the type of conflict: The main character is standing up to a bully.
What is person vs. person?
300
The point of view where the author lets us see things through the eyes of several characters, lets us know what all of those characters are thinking and feeling, and uses pronouns like "he", "she", and "they".
What is 3rd person omniscient viewpoint?
300
Example: The kitchen was filled with delicious scents: the rich smell of roast beef, the salty smell of melted butter, and the dense, starchy smell of whipped mashed potatoes.
What is imagery or sensory detail?
400
Example: Her boss was a monster.
What is a metaphor?
400
A type of writing that has connected events used by storytellers.
What is narration?
400
Name the type of conflict: The main character looks and dresses differently than everyone else in the new town that she just moved to. No one likes her.
What is person vs. society?
400
The point of view where the narrator is talking directly to the reader using pronouns like "you" and "your".
What is 2nd person viewpoint?
400
Example: BLAM!
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Example: The clever cat clawed the screen door.
What is alliteration?
500
Writing that features real people and events.
What is nonfiction?
500
The technical name for a conversation between characters in a story. It's hard to punctuate.
What is dialogue?
500
The point of view where the author lets us see things through the eyes of only one character, lets us know what that one character is thinking and feeling, and uses pronouns like "he", "she", and "they".
What is 3rd person limited viewpoint?
500
Example: Her mother was under the weather.
What is an idiom?
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