A
B
C
D
E
100

STORY IN WHICH CHARACTERS, THINGS OR ACTIONS REPRESENT OR LEAD TO A STRONG MORAL LESSON

ALLEGORY

100

STORY OF A PERSON'S LIFE WRITTEN BY THAT PERSON

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

100

LONG NARRATIVE POEM THAT TELLS THE GREAT DEEDS OF A HERO

EPIC

100

WRITING THAT EXPLAINS

EXPOSITORY

100

MYSTERY,CASTLES, SUPERNATURAL EVENTS, OLD MANSIONS

GOTHIC

200

LITERARY REFERENCE TO A FAMILIAR THING

ALLUSION

200

STORY OF SOMEONE'S LIFE WRITTEN BY ANOTHER PERSON

BIOGRAPHY

200

SUDDEN UNDERSTANDING

EPIPHANY

200

STORY THAT TEACHES A LESSON

FABLE

200

EXAGGERATION OR OVERSTATEMENT

HYPERBOLE

300

COMPARISON OF TWO OR MORE SIMILAR OBJECTS

ANALOGY

300

PROBLEM IN A STORY

CONFLICT

300

VERSE WRITTEN IN MEMORY OF SOMEONE

EPITAPH

300

AN EVENT FROM THE PAST THAT IS PRESENTED IN THE PRESENT

FLASHBACK

300

WORDS CHOSEN TO PAINT A VIVID PICTURE IN THE READER'S MINDS

IMAGERY

400

SHORT SUMMARY OF A HUMOROUS EVENT

ANECDOTE

400

OUTCOME OF THE STORY

DENOUEMENT

400

WRITING THAT EXPRESSES SOMEONE'S VIEWPOINT

ESSAY

400

HINTS OR CLUES

FORESHADOWING

400

SIMILAR WORDS BEING MISUSED

MALOPROPISM

500

ENEMY OF THE PROTAGONIST

ANTAGONIST

500

CONVERSATION

DIALOGUE

500

STRETCHING THE TRUTH

EXAGGERATION

500

TYPE OF LITERATURE

GENRE

500

REPEATED IDEA IN A STORY

MOTIF

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