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100

The word BlANK comes from

the Latin “allegoria,” meaning speaking

to something else.

allegory

100

FABLE

Derived from the Latin word fibula, 

which means “__ _____,” and a 

derivative of the word fari, which 

means “__ _____.” 

_____ is a literary device that can be 

defined as a concise and brief story 

intended to provide a _____ lesson 

at the end.

a      story

to     speak 

fable

moral 

a      story to     speak

100

The means by which an_____ establishes a _____.An author may _____describe the appearance andpersonality of character or_____ it through action ordialogue.authorcharacterdirectlyshow


author,character,directly,show

100

Denouement:

The _____ of the _____ in a plot 

____ the _____.  It also refers to 

the _____ of the action in a story 

or play after the principal drama 

is _____—in other words, tying 

up the loose ends or wrapping up 

a story. 


resolution

conflict

after

climax

resolution

resolved

100

Poetry with ___ set 

_____ (rhythm) or 

_____ scheme. 

no

meter

rhyme

200

Allegory in simple terms:

A story in which the 

characters represent _____ 

qualities or ideas.  

abstract

200

A _____ is intended to provide a moral story.

_____ often use _____as the main characters. 

They are presented with anthropomorphic 

characteristics, such as the ability to _____ and to 

_____.

_____ _____ the animal characters.

fable,animals 

speak 

fables personify

200

he point at which the _____ 

in a story or play _____ its 

emotional ____

action,reaches,speak


200

A _____mourning the _____. 


poem

dead

200

Genre:

A kind of _____ usually art or 

literature.  Some literary genres 

are _____, westerns, and 

_____. 


style

mysteries

romances

300

An _____ is a story within a story. It 

has a “surface story” and another 

story hidden underneath.

allegory

300

The repetition of_____

sounds.

vovel

300

The elements that ____ a_____.  Traditionally, every plotis build from the most basic elements of a conflict and an eventual resolution.  The conflict can be _____ (within one character) or _____ (among or between characters, society,and/or nature).create plot internal external



create

plot

internal

external 

 

300

_____ words that are at the 

_____ of their respective 

_____—what we typically 

think of as normal rhyme. 


rhyming

ends

lines

300

A huge _

exaggeration

400

This is basically a _____ to something 

else. It’s when a writer _____ some 

other piece of work, or refers to an 

earlier part of the story. 

reference,mentions

400

The overall _____ of a work, 

which is related to _____ and 

_____

feeling,tone,

mood

400

To explain how two things 

_____.  To _____ and _____ 

is to explain how ____ things 

are _____ and how they are 

_____

differ

compare

contrast

2

alike

different

400

First Person Point of View:

The point of view of writing 

which the narrator refers to 

himself as “__.” 

I

400

Lyric:

A type of _____ that 

expresses the poet’s _____.  

It often tells some sort of brief 

story, engaging the reading in 

the experience. 


poetry 

emotions

500

f you were trying to instill 

confidence in a friend and 

said, “___ ___ ____,” that 

would be an _____ to Stars 

Wars.

use         the       force

allusion

500

lines of poetry 

usually in _____ pentameter.. 


unrhymed,iambic

500

 ____ of rhyming lines in a 

_____ often set off from the 

rest of the _____. 

pair

poem

poem 

500

A technique in which an author 

gives _____ about something 

that will happen _____ in the 

story

clues

later

500

A _____ that _____ use 

“like” or “as”—such as 

“He’s a rock” or “I am an 

island.

comparison

doesn't

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