Sound Devices
Genres Of Writing
Literary Devices
Types of Poetry
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100
the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
What is repetition?
100
prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
What is Fiction?
100
words that describe sights, sounds, movements and recreate sensory experience
What is Imagery?
100
Poem that tells a story
what is a Narrative?
100
a word or phrase that is so overused, like "busy as a bee" or "I slept like a log"
What is Cliche?
200
Repetition of the beginning consonant sound. (ex: rough and ready)
What is alliteration?
200
stories that could have happened to people or animals in a believable setting.
What is Realistic Fiction?
200
reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical
what is Allusion?
200
poetry that is not written with a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme
what is Free Verse?
200
the writer or speaker's attitude towards the subject of the work
What is Tone?
300
the use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
story that seeks a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears.
What is Horror?
300
giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance
what is Personification?
300
a long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character
what is Epic Poetry?
300
two words used together that contradict each other, as in icy fire or sweet sorrow
What is Oxymoron?
400
Repetition of internal vowel sound, as in "how now brown cow"
What is assonance?
400
story that relies on the emotional and relational development of realistic characters.
What is Drama?
400
comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
what is Metaphor?
400
a Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
what is a Haiku?
400
a statement that seems to be contradictory but that actually presents a truth
What is a Paradox?
500
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
What is consonance?
500
Novel about the romantic love between two people.
What is a Romantic Novel?
500
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
what is Diction?
500
fourteen lines of iambic pentameter -- a very common form of poetry
what is a Sonnet?
500
the assumed or false name of an author
What is a Pseudonym?
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