Comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
an expression consisting of a combination of words that have a figurative meaning. The figurative meaning is comprehended in regard to a common use of the expression that is separate from the literal meaning or definition of the words of which it is made.[
What is an idiom?
100
Sequence of events
What is plot?
100
Topic seen throughout a piece of nonfiction literature
What is contolling idea?
200
A word that means the opposite
What is an antonym?
200
Appealing to the five senses through descriptive writing
What is imagery?
200
Repeating consonant letter at the beginning of words, tongue twister
What is alliteration?
200
Struggle of the story, problem, can be internal or external
What is conflict?
200
Speaker's attitude or feeling toward a subject
What is tone?
300
An affix attached to the beginning of a word to give a word a new meaning
What is a prefix?
300
Exaggeration or overstaement
What is a hyperbole?
300
When something else happens besides what you expect to happen
What is irony?
300
When flashback or flashforward are used causing variation in the plot
What is nonlinear plot?
300
Nonfiction literature can be organized in order of time, compare/ contrast, sequence, cause and effect, and problem solution
What is patterns of organization or structure?
400
The resource you look up words that you do not know
What is a dictionary?
400
Something that stands for more than the literal meaning of itself
What is symbolism?
400
a 4 line stanza
What is a quatrain?
400
Giving human characteristics to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
400
The author of literature can view a subject in different ways based on personal experience and beliefs.
What is author's perspective?
500
Author's word choice
What is diction?
500
A reference to something outside of the text: art, history, people, literature, Bible, mythology
What is an allusion?
500
A 5 line stanza
What is a cinquain?
500
A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated (such as "crown" for "royalty").