Genres
Subgenres
Literature Terms
Figuratively Speaking
Poetry
100
a fictional narrative that varies in length but is shorter than a novel.
What is short story
100
nonfiction text that conveys the author's opinions
What is editorial
100
what happens in a story
What is plot
100
uses like or as to compare two things
What is simile
100
a highly structured poem containing fourteen lines
What is sonnet
200
a fictional narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story
What is novel
200
a type of fiction in which a crime must be solved
What is mystery
200
the person or animal that the story is about
What is character
200
compares two things by saying or implying one thing is another
What is metaphor
200
the emotion or music that we put into our voice with certain words
What is tone
300
a nonfiction work used to persuade, tell a story, inform or describe
What is essay
300
a type of writing that ridicules human weakness, often for a political purpose
What is satire
300
location and time a story takes place
What is setting
300
any object, person, or event used to represent something else
What is sybol
300
using a series of words that begin with the same consonant or sound
What is alliteration
400
a literary form that the author intends to be spoken aloud and performed in front of an audience
What is drama
400
a type of fiction that has been passed down through generations and often tells about an event that happened long ago
What is legend
400
general atmosphere of a scene
What is mood
400
like a metaphor in the form of an entire story
What is allegory
400
words that sound like their meanings
What is onomatopoeia
500
melodic and focuses on an emotion rather than a story
What is lyric poetry
500
a lengthy narrative poem that celebrates the accomplishments of a traditional hero or character
What is epic
500
a character in a play speaks about his or her thought out loud
What is soliloquy
500
gives human qualities to nonhuman things
What is personification
500
language that appeals to the senses: taste, touch, sight, smell, or sound
What is imagery or sensory language
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