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100
Words that have the same or nearly the same meaning
What is a synonym?
100
Writer’s own life story.
What is an autobiography?
100
The life story of a person written by another person.
What is a biography?
100
Brief creative narrative that is a retelling of events.
What is a short story?
100
Figure of speech that makes a comparison equating two or more unlike things.
What is metaphor?
200
Use of words to create sensory impressions-most often visual impressions but may be sound, smell, taste, or touch impressions.
What is imagery
200
Informal account of a person’s experiences.
What is a personal essay?
200
A struggle between two or more opposing forces
What is conflict?
200
The use of clues to hint at coming events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The use of past events to explain what is happening presently in a story
What is flashback?
300
An extended work of fiction that often has a complicated plot, many major and minor characters, a unifying theme, and several settings.
What is a novel?
300
Figure of speech that applies human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
What is personification?
300
Contrast between expectation and reality: Between what is said and what is meant and between what appears to be true and what really is true
What is Irony?
300
Events that increase the tension as a story reaches its climax
What is Rising Action?
300
A statement that can be proven true or false
What is a fact?
400
A 5-line rhymed poem that is usually humorous
What is a limerick?
400
A statement that conveys a judgment
What is an opinion?
400
Word choice that creates a negative feeling (My grandfather is stingy with his money.)
What is negative connotation?
400
The writer’s attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
400
Judgment based on what an author has implied.
What is an inference?
500
A story that explains natural occurrences and express beliefs about right and wrong.
What is myth
500
A brief story or poem, usually with animals or characters, that teaches a lesson.
What is a Fable
500
A “word of mouth’ story about people or events that may or may not based on fact.
What is Legend
500
The emotional atmosphere created by an author’s use of language.
What is mood
500
Words from the same linguistic family (examples: night, nuit, nacht)
What is cognates?
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