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Comparison between to unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100
The story of someone's life written by someone else
What is a biography?
100
The story of someone's life written by that person
What is an autobiography>
100
Stage play
What is a drama?
100
Feeling or atmosphere of a literary work
What is mood?
200

Any person, place or action that represents something else like the stars and stripes on the US flag represent the states

What is a symbol?

200
When words have the same sound
What is rhyme?
200
The high and/or turning point in a literary work
What is climax?
200
Struggle between forces in a story
What is conflict?
200
Writing based on facts
What is non-fiction?
300
Pattern or sequence of events in a literary work
What is plot?
300
Story told from the viewpoint of only one person
What is limited point-of-view?
300
Writing using lines and/or stanzas
What is poetry?
300
Words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Conversation between characters in a literary work
What is dialogue?
400
Exaggeration to create an effect
What is hyperbole?
400
Use of words to appeal to the five senses by describing how something tastes, looks, sounds, feels or smells.
What is imagery?
400
Contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs
What is irony?
400
Clues and hints ahead of time of events to come
What is foreshadowing?
400
Rival or enemy of the main character or protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
500
A feeling or atmosphere of a literary work
What is suspense?
500
Story where we, the reader, know what all or most of the characters are thinking
What is omniscient?
500
Hero or main character in a literary work
Who is the protagonist?
500
Giving human-like characteristics to something non-human
What is personification?
500
A story with more than one level of meaning
What is an allegory?
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