Literary Devices
This literary device is a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
The time and place in which a story or narrative takes place.
What is a setting?
To work jointly on an activity, especially to produce or create something
What is "to collaborate"?
A genre that's meant to scare you
What is "horror"?
This is the most popular American horror writer of all times
Who is Stephen King?
This type of figurative language gives human characteristics or qualities to an inanimate object or animal.
What is personification?
The highest point of tension in a story
What is climax?
To treat with more importance than other things
What is "to prioritize"?
A genre of books that take place in the present and with ordinary characters
What is "realistic fiction"?
The English playwright who wrote "Romeo and Juliet", "Hamlet", and "Macbeth"
Who is William Shakespeare?
A comparison between two unlike things that does not use "like" or "as," often stating one thing *is* another.
What is a metaphor?
This is the part of the plot where the author introduces the characters, setting, and background information.
What is exposition?
a statement about a possible future event
What is "prediction"?
A genre of books that are set in the future or in a different world
What is "science fiction"?
The repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of a series of words, such as "Fast and furious freight train flashed before us"
What is alliteration?
The major struggle or problem that the main character or characters face
having a purpose or intent
What is "intentional"?
A genre of books that are set in the real past but feature fictional characters
What is "historical fiction"?
A literary device that uses an object or idea to represent something else, such as a dove representing peace.
What is a symbol?
The central message or moral of a story
What is a theme?
a set of social rules that dictate proper behavior in specific situations
What is "etiquette"?
What genre of books were these authors writing: Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allan Poe?
What is mystery?