Figurative Language
Analogies
Literary Genres and their
Characteristics
Literary Genres and their Characteristics
Literary Genres and their Characteristics
100
Comparison between two very unlike things using the words "like" or "as".
What is simile?
100
A comparision between two word pairs where the relationship in the first pair is the same as the relationship in the second pair.
What is analogy.
100
Anything not true or fake.
What is fiction.
100
Anything true or real.
What is nonfiction.
100
What often appears in poetry?
What is figurative language.
200
Two words with the same or almost the same definition.
What is synonym.
200
The key to analogies is looking to see how the words are __________.
What is connected.
200
A true story of a person's life written by someone else.
What is biography.
200
A true story of a person's life written by oneself.
What is autobiography.
200
A story that is passed down from generation to generation. Usually explains how something in nature came to be.
What is myth.
300
destroy: create/shatter. Which is the synonym and which is the antonym?
What is (ant) create (syn) shatter
300
Anologies can be written in two different ways. They are...
What is written out in words or by using colons.
300
A piece of writing whose main purpose is to share thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
What is poetry.
300
What may be written in stanzas with rhyming patterns or written in free verse.
What is poetry
300
Drama is also called a ______?
What is play.
400
gargantuan: enormous/tiny. Which is the synonym and which is the antonym?
What is (syn) enormous (ant) tiny
400
cat is to kitten as _______ is to seed.
What is plant. (Object and Related Object Analogy)
400
What is told in chronological order and lists important dates, people, and contributions of that person.
What is autobiography.
400
What is told in chronological order and lists important dates, people, and contributions of that person.
What is biography.
400
What is told mostly through character dialogue and contains acts and scenes.
What is a drama.
500
tousled: neat/untidy. Which is the synonym and which is the antonym?
What is (ant) neat (syn) untidy
500
spin : dizzy :: fire : ______.
What is burn. (Cause and Effect Analogy)
500
Biographies, autobiographies, text books, magazines, newspapers, and historical pieces are examples of...
What is nonfiction.
500
Short stories, dramas, novels, poetry, fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction, science fiction, mystery, and horror are examples of...
What is fiction.
500
What often features gods and goddesses as characters and has common themes of good versus evil, going on a quest, respecting nature or other people?
What is myth.
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