Figurative language
Story Elements
Literary Devices
Misc. Terms
Poetry
100
Comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
100
A one sentence summary
What is the main idea?
100
The use of concrete things to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
100
This is added to the beginning of a word.
What is a prefix?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds in two or more words close together.
What is alliteration?
200
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
200
A character who remains the same in the story
What is a static character?
200
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200
What a word suggests, not what it actually means.
What is connotation?
200
Two or more opposing forces
What is conflict?
300
Applies human characteristics to non-human things
What is personification?
300
Time, place, duaration 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
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
300
Exaggeration to create a special effect
What is hyperbole?
400
A comparison not using like or as
What is a metaphor?
400
basic truth or moral of the story
What is the theme?
400
The implication that the actual situation is quite different than that represented.
What is irony?
400
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
400
The general feeling or impression conveyed by a passage.
What is mood?
500
The car dared me to drive faster.
What is personification?
500
Honesty is the best policy.
What is a theme?
500
When he looked at the Statue of Liberty, he knew all would be okay. This is an example of what?
What is symbolism?
500
This is prefixes and suffixes together.
What are affixes?
500
Language based on or using figures of speech; not literal but metaphorical
What is figurative language?
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