Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Grammar
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

The verb(s) in the following sentence: Shelby told me about the party, but it was too late. 

What are "told" and "was"? 

100

A group of lines formed in a poem. 

What is a stanza?


100
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
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 prepositional phrase in the following sentence: The woman in the red dress tripped on the sidewalk. 

What is "in the red dress?"

200
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
200

The five stages of the plot diagram 

What is the Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution? 

300
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is personification?
300

The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.

What is theme?

300

The predicate(s) of the following sentence: Alexis asked the teacher for extra credit, but he refused to help her. 

What is "asked" and "refused"?

300

an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.

What is a Symbol/Symbolism?

300
How a passage is organized. Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.
What is structure?
400
A statement that is not meant to be taken literally. Ex. "Are you pulling my leg?"
What is an idiom?
400
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is an allusion?
400

The direct object in the following sentence: The van passed the car full of people that were singing. 

What is the "car"? 

400
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What are couplets?
400
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is a rhetorical question?
500
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
500

The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.

What is connotation?

500

The adverbial phrase in the following sentence: I saw you with your friends, but I ran around the corner so that you would not see me. 

What is "around the corner"?

500

The rhyme scheme of a sonnet. 

What is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG? 

500
A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson.
What is an anecdote?
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