Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Open Response Questions
Literary Genres
100
Compaison using like or as
What is a simile?
100

The driving idea of a text. 

What is theme? 

100

Something that stand for something larger.

What is symbolism?

100

These are the three pieces that should be included in an introduction. 

What are a hook, background, and thesis? 

100

A work of literature which is not true.

What is fiction?

200

An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.

What is a hyperbole?

200

The most intense moment in a story.

What is climax?

200

The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.

What is foreshadowing?

200

These are the five things that need to be included in a narrative. 

What are a clear beginning, middle and end. 

A conflict. 

Dialogue. 

200

Night was an example of this type of literature in which someone describes a period of their own life. 

What is a memoir? 

300

Giving living qualities to a non-living thing. 

What is personification?

300

Time and place of the story.

What is the setting?

300

A return to an earlier time in a story to give prior information.

What is flashback?

300
This is the number of times you should do SQE in each body paragraph. 

What is two? 

300

Literature written to be performed.

What is a drama?

400

A comparison not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400

The events following the climax of a story.

What is resolution or falling action?

400

The opposite of what is expected. 

What is irony?

400

This is the format that should be used to construct thesis statements. 

What is cause and effect format. 

400

A fourteen line poem written in iambic pentameter with a strict rhyme scheme? 

What is a sonnet? 

500

Words that mimic the sound they are describing.

What is onomatopoeia?

500

The first part of plot. 

What is exposition? 

500

Typically used in drama, a long speech in which a character is alone on stage.

What is a soliloquy?

500

These are the three elements that should be included in a conclusion. 

What are: Rephrase thesis. 

Summarize your main points. 

Go beyond. 

500

Literature which plot cannot occur in the real world. Typically contains witchcraft or magic.

What is fantasy?

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