This is what you call literature about something real.
What is nonfiction?
100
This is a shorter form of fictional narrative prose.
What is a short story? What are short stories?
100
Prose is written in sentences. Groups of related sentences in prose are called these.
What are paragraphs?
100
Poetry is written in lines. Groups of related lines are called these.
What are stanzas?
100
This is a device (tool) used in poetry and prose to refer to another, well known work of literature or art.
Example: She's got a Mona Lisa smile.
What is allusion?
200
This is another word for "literary."
What is "written?"
200
This type of literature is a longer form of fictional prose.
What is a novel? What are novels?
200
This type of nonfiction narrative prose tells the true story of an event that happened in history.
What is an historical account?
200
These are rhyming or unryhming poems that are meant to be sung.
What are song lyrics?
200
A work of poetry or prose can tell a story by telling each event in sequence, or order. The sequence of events in a story is also called this.
What is the plot?
300
This is what you call literature about something that is not real.
What is fiction?
300
This type of nonfictional narrative prose is a book someone has written about his or her own life.
What is an autobiography?
300
This type of drama is meant to be performed by actors, and it's content is funny.
What is a comedy?
300
These are words that sound the same at the end. They may or may not be spelled the samel
What are rhyming words?
300
Poetry or prose that retells a story by describing real or imaginary events are called this.
What are narratives?
400
This type on literature is written in sentences and paragraphs.
What is prose?
400
This type of nonfictional narrative prose is a book someone has written about someone else's life.
What is a biography?
400
This type of drama is meant to be performed by actors, and it's content is serious.
What is a tragedy?
400
In this type of poetry, words and phrases are arranged to be songlike. They express the observations, thoughts, and/or feelings of a single person.
What is lyric poetry?
400
Authors of poetry and prose give readers the feeling of being in a story using this device. It creates a "movie" for readers by describing what can be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, touched, and felt emotionally.
What is imagery?
500
This type of literature is written in lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
500
This is a form of nonfiction literature about a single topic. It can be informative, entertaining, or persuasive.
What is an essay?
500
In fictional or nonfictional narrative prose, another name for the sequence of events is this.
What is the plot?
500
This is a device (tool) often used in poetry to help the reader sense the setting and feelings of a character. The reader can see, hear, smell, taste, touch, or feel what the character in the poem senses.
What is imagery?
500
This is the most important thing a reader can use to understand or imagine what is happening in a story.