Sound Devices
Genres
New Terms
Authors
Characters
100
simile
What is a comparison using like or as?
100
journal
What is a personal recording of one's thoughts that is similar to a diary?
100
denotation
What is the term used to refer to the dictionary definition of a word?
100
Christopher Paul Curtis
Who is the author for Watsons Go to Birmingham?
100
Protagonist
What is the literary term used to identify the hero in the story?
200
rhyme
What is the repetition of vowel sounds that create similar sounding words at the ends of lines of poetry?
200
fable
What is a brief tale that tells a moral or teaches a lesson?
200
Realism
What is a style of writing that shows life the way it really was?
200
S.E. Hinton
Who is the author of The Outsiders?
200
Antagonist
What is the literary term used to identify the "bad guy" in the story?
300
meter
What is the rhythm or beat in poetry?
300
poetry
What is a form of literature that uses sounds, rhythm, and images to express emotion or opinion or to tell a story?
300
dialect
What is a form of language that is spoken by people of a particular place or region?
300
Charles Dickens
Who is the author for A Christmas Carol?
300
minor
What is the name for a character that doesn't play a large role in the movement of the rising action?
400
alliteration
What is the repitition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word within the same line?
400
play
What is a story written to be acted out before an audience and told through the dialogue and actions of its characters?
400
diction
What is the term used for word choice that affects a writing's mood or tone?
400
Tulsa
Where is S. E. Hinton from?
400
static
What is the term for a character who remains the same in the story?
500
assonance
What is the repitition of vowel sounds within the same line of poetry?
500
myth
What is a type of story that explains natural events or origins often by using gods or goddesses?
500
colloquialism
What is the term used to refer to everyday speech that is not usually used in formal writing?
500
London/England
Where is Charles Dickens from?
500
dynamic
What is the term for a character who undergoes changes as the plot of the story moves on?
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