Literary Terms
Fiction
Figurative Language
Non-fiction
Writing
100
Clues an author imbeds in the text to give the reader hints about what may be coming
What is forshadowing?
100
The acronym for remembering author's purpose in fiction.
What is P.I.E.?
100
Words that represent sounds. Ex.: Blam, Pop, Splat
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Three types of nonfiction text.
What are informative text, narrative nonfiction, and literary nonfiction?
100
The main purpose of this type of writing is to summarize the text without including any opinions.
What is an objective summary?
200
The person &/or people in a story.
What are the characters?
200
The beginning part of a story. It includes the characters, setting, and initial situation.
What is the exposition?
200
The child was as quiet as a mouse.
What is simile?
200
The perspective from which a story is told. This affects the kind of details that are revealed.
What is point of view?
200
This type of writing includes a thesis statement, a claim, justifications, grounds, a counter-claim, and a rebuttal.
What is argument/argumentative writing?
300
Where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
The turning point in a story, sometimes the most exciting moment.
What is the climax?
300
My life is a nightmare.
What is a metephor?
300
Positive or negative feelings associated with a specific word or phrase.
What are connotations?
300
Words and phrases that help the text flow from one idea to the next seamlessly.
What are transitions?
400
To make a good guess based on prior knowledge and events in a story.
What is inference?
400
The six main parts of a plot diagram.
What are exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
400
A kind of figurative language that makes no sense if taken literally. Ex.: It's raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
400
The author's attitude toward his/her subject or audience.
What is tone?
400
Every essay response must have these two paragraphs.
What are an introduction and a conclusion?
500
This is the author's message, or lesson, that can be learned from a story. It is most often stated as a universal truth.
What is the theme?
500
The way a story makes makes the reader feel?
What is the mood?
500
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What is personification?
500
Factors that influence an author's writing that may be cultural, historical, and/or major life events.
What are Author's influences?
500
a type of essay that tells a story and must include dialogue.
What is a narrative essay?
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