Figurative Language
Poetry
Story Components
Research/
Bibliography
Random Facts
100

The sentence, "A leaf was dancing in the wind." contains this type of figurative language.

What is Personification?

100

This is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

What is Rhyme Scheme?

100

The reason an author writes a piece of literature is to express this idea.

What is The Purpose?
100

This is a word that describes a good source that has reliable information or is written/published by a reliable person/publisher. 

What is Credible? 

100

Galway is a city in this country and they hold a film festival here every summer. 

What is Ireland?

200

The sentences “The picture of the college was a treasure.”  is an example of this type of figurative language.

What is a Metaphor?
200

This is a type of poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word, name, or phrase when read vertically. 

What is an Acrostic?

200

Often confused with tone, this is the feeling invoked in you while reading a piece of literature. 

What is Mood?
200

You can adapt the content of a source in two ways to include in a paper. First, you can directly quote the source (use the exact words). And two, you can do this which involves taking the information from a source and rewriting it using your own words. 

What is Paraphrase?

200

This word has two means.

1. Something that many people believe to be true but is false.

2. A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. 

What is a Myth?

300

When John fails to name one of the 10 commandments and it is the one that he has broken, it is an example of this kind of Figurative Language.

What is Irony?

300

When a poem doesn't rhyme, we call it this.

What is Free Verse?

300

This can show where someone is from by the way that people talk and how they use language is a story. 

What is Dialect?

300

The Annotation paragraph in a Bibliography contains three parts. The Reflection, the Assessment, and this.

What is The Summary?
300

Some scientist believe that Raptors and other carnivorous dinosaurs actually had wings, making them look like this mythological creature.

What is a Dragon?

400
An example of this is the comparison between the Salem Witch Trials and The Red Scare in The Crucible or the pigs and Russia's communist leaders in Animal Farm

What is an Allegory?

400

This part of poetry appeals to the senses in order to make a picture for the reader

What is Imagery?

400

You can tell a story is this kind of Point of View when the narrator uses words like I and my when describing events. 

What is First Person Point of View?

400

These are words used to research a topic in order to narrow down sources.

What are Keywords?

400

Ms. Snyder's grandparents had to receive a document signed by the president in order to marry because her grandmother was from this country, which did not have a good relationship with the United States at the time (1950). 

What is Germany?

500

Calling something a "Herculean Task" uses this type of figurative language.

What is an Allusion?

500

This is a name for the rhythm of a poem that expresses how the text should be read. 

What is Meter?

500

Author's will use this as a comparison to explain or clarify an idea they are trying to express. 

What is an Analogy?

500

This is the part of a Bibliography that is used to analyze the content and usefulness of a source.

What is an Annotation?

500

This whale is believed to be a mythical creature because on it's unicorn like horn at the top of its head. 

What is a Narwhal?

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