Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Nonfiction Terms
Poetry Terms
Wild Card
100

A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates."

What is a simile?

100
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
100

When an author is persuading, informing, or entertaining the reader.

What is author's purpose?

100

the structure in which most poems are written

What are stanzas?

100

The feeling created by a piece of literature for the reader.

What is mood?

200
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage."
What is a metaphor?
200
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200

The Chicago Cubs are a baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The team has a longer history than most other professional teams-including basketball, football, and hockey. This excerpt was written to...

What is inform?

200

Language used by the author to improve the reader's experience through the senses?

What is sensory language or imagery?

200
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
300
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is personification?
300

A universal message about life; the message that an author reveals through his literary work

What is theme?

300
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is an inference?
300
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is a conflict?
400
A statement that is not meant to be taken literally. Ex. "Are you pulling my leg?"
What is an idiom?
400

A type of irony in which the reader or audience member is aware of something but the character is not.

What is dramatic irony?

400

Definitions or added information that appears at the bottom of the text.

What are footnotes?

400
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. broken baby bottle
What is alliteration?
400

Looking at her son's messy room mom says, "Wow! You could win an award for cleanliness!" is an example of:

What is verbal irony?

500
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
500

The use of a mark, picture, or word(s) that allows the reader to form an idea that goes beyond what is seen.

What is symbolism?

500
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What are couplets?
500

Devices that when used in poetry are considered as "figurative language"; however, when used in persuasive speeches they are called this.

What are rhetorical devices?

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