Literary Terms
Plot
Figurative Language
Prefixes/Suffixes
Wild Card
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words is called what?
What is alliteration?
100
The part of the plot where the greatest action or suspense occurs is known as what?
What is the climax?
100
"The boy ran like the wind" is an example of what literary term?
What is a simile?
100
A word part attached to the end of a root word is called what?
What is a suffix?
100
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject defines what literary term?
What is tone?
200
When words have opposite meanings it is called what?
What are antonyms?
200
What literary term can be defined as the sequence of events in a literary work?
What is the plot?
200
"Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly" is an example of what literary term?
What is a metaphor?
200
What is the meaning of the word post-game?
What is after the game?
200
Language that has to do with hearing, sight, taste, smell or touch is called?
What is sensory language?
300
An author's choice of words, which combine to help create meaning and tone is called what?
What is diction?
300
The part of the plot where the action begins is known as what?
What is the rising action?
300
When something nonhuman is given human characteristics, this is known as what literary term?
What is personification?
300
What is the meaning of the word harmful?
What is full of harm?
300
When a character in the story tells the story, this is which point of view?
What is first person?
400
A comparison of two similar but different things, used to clarify an action or a relationship.
What is an analogy?
400
The part of the plot where all "loose ends" are tied up and the problem(s) have been solved is known as what?
What is the resolution?
400
A contradiction between what is expected and what happens in reality or between what is said and what is really meant describes what literary term?
What is irony?
400
What is the meaning of the word biologist?
What is a person who studies living things?
400
The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
What is theme?
500
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation is called what?
What is dialect?
500
The time and place of the action in a literary work is known as what?
What is the setting?
500
A deliberate exaggeration or overstatement such as, "It's a thousand degrees in this classroom," is an example of what literary term?
What is a hyperbole?
500
What does the root word auto mean?
What is self?
500
What literary term can be defined as the person telling the story?
What is the narrator?
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