Figurative Language
Narrative Elements
Other literary elements
Word parts, homophones, and others.
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"The flower was smiling back at me."
What is personification?
100
"And then the moment we all waited for...the moment of truth...the man took off his mask and revealed who he was all along."
What is the climax?
100
"The person looked outside and saw that it was very cloudy, hinting at the possibility of rain." This would represent what literary device?
What is an foreshadowing?
100
"________(there/their/they're) food was way better than where we went last night."
What is their?
100
Smelling, tasting, and breathing are senses...or not. One of these is not a sense.
What is breathing?
200
"The bird was like an arrow shooting through the sky."
What is a simile?
200
Once upon a time....
What is an exposition?
200
If the narrator is the storyteller, then a narrative is __________.
What is a story?
200
A word that sounds like another word but has a completely different definition is called this.
What is a homophone?
200
The idea that writing is so clear, imaginative, and full of examples in which it makes you see yourself in this world is also called...
What is imagery?
300
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."
What is an idiom?
300
This is a part of the story where suspense builds up.
What is rising action?
300
You writing about your life is an example of this.
What is an autobiography?
300
A word with the exact opposite meaning is called this.
What is an antonym?
300
This is another name for personification...for animals.
What is anthropomorphism?
400
Someone dresses up in a raincoat and it ends up being very hot outside.
What is irony?
400
In stories that have a plot twist at the end, and then abruptly end, it usually cancels a resolution and _________________.
What is falling action?
400
"I went outside to see if I needed a jacket" is an example of having first-person, second-person, or third-person perspective...?
What is first-person perspective?
400
Memorizing and studying could be considered very similar words. These are examples of...
What is a synonym?
400
"Swimming is one of my favorite hobbies." The first word, which is a verb, is acting as a noun. This is also called a...
What is a gerund?
500
"The teacher looked robotically at me."
What is a metaphor?
500
This is another name for the sequence of events in a story (not cause and effect).
What is the plot?
500
The message of the story, or the main moral of the story, is also called this.
What is a theme?
500
Word parts are usually connected with three other words: its beginning root word part, its later larger connected word part, and a synonym for the term word part. What are these three called?
What are prefixes, affixes, and suffixes? (no order necessary)
500
"To eat" is an example of this type of verb conjugation.
What is an infinitive?
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