Figurative Language
Stems
Non Fiction Text Features
Elements of Fiction
Miscellaneous Terms
100

This terms refers to words meant to resemble sounds -- like drip, boom, or splat.

What is onomatopoeia?

100

This stem means "under."

What is "sub?"

100

This gives definitions of certain words used in a text such as a book.

What is a glossary?

100

Time and place.

What are the parts of a setting?

100
A Couplet.

What is a poetry term refering to two lines?

200

This compares two things, always using "like" or "as."

What is a simile?

200

This stem, used in the word "reheat," means "again."

What is "re?"

200

This feature, at the beginning of a book, tells you what page to find certain information.

What is a table of content?

200

Setting and characters.

The exposition includes What?

200

A quatrain.

Contains 4 lines of text.

300

This compares two things without the use of "like" or "as."

What is a metaphor?

300

This stem, used in the word "antebellum" means before.

What is "ante?"

300
This feature, at the back of a book, tells you what page to find information about specific topic

What is an index?

300

The inciting incident.

This is the part in the story when things starts happening.

300

A stanza.

What is a "paragraph" in poetry?

400

This assigns "people-y" characteristics to something that is not a person.

What is personification?

400

This stem, used in "treatable," means "able to."

What is "able?"

400

This tells you what is happening in a picture.

What is a caption?

400

Climax

What is the most suspenseful part of a story?

400

An ode.

This is a poem to a person or a thing.

500

This refers to massive exaggeration or overstatement.

What is hyperbole?

500

This stem, used in "disengage," means "not."

What is "dis?"

500

This shows you locations of various places.

What is a map.

500

Falling action.

What part of the story occurs after the climax?

500

3 lines.

How many lines are in a haiku?

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