Poetry
Figurative Language
Language and Details in Nonfiction
Words, Words, Words
Plots, Characters, and Conflicts
100
What type of poetry does not use a specific structure
What is Free Verse
100
The facts are as clear as day
What is a simile
100
The author has to capture the language and ________ of the time period. This is also known as the word choice.
What is diction
100
Name that affixes that are attached to words that contribute to changing the meaning of the words
What are prefixes and suffixes
100
This is the Introduction of the first events of the story
What is rising action
200
This poetic structure is arranged in stanzas and has a repeating or predictable pattern.
What is fixed form
200
Identify this type of figurative language: She sells sea shells down by the sea shore
What is alliteration
200
Authors bring their readers into their subjects lives by describing their worlds with language that appeals to senses. Readers are able to recognize sights, smells, sounds,and details in ones life story.
What is imagery?
200
The words believable and recognizable have the suffix able added to them. What does this suffix mean?
What is capable of
200
Being introduced to the characters, setting, and all necessary background information prior to getting to the plot of the story
What is Exposition
300
Used to describe the purpose behind the writing, what other important factor is used to identify narrative poetry?
What is telling a story
300
"The love of a husband and wife is said to last a thousand years" is an example of what type of figurative language
What is Hyperbole
300
Working hard, giving him the cold shoulder, using elbow grease, are all examples of
What are idioms?
300
This prefix means half
What is semi
300
man vs nature man vs self man vs society man vs machine are all examples of types of
What is conflict
400
Kellog's Rice Crispy cereal attemped to teach children sound devices at an early age with the use of this slogan, Snap, Crackle, Pop
What is Onomatopeia
400
The iron screamed with burning anticipation as it was lifted it above the wrinkled clothing
What is Personification
400
A cross, the flag, and marigolds are all examples of
What is symbolism
400
These three prefixes have similar meaning, they all mean not
What are dis, non, and un
400
In the movie, Transformers, what type of conflict plays a major role in the film
What is man vs machine
500
What is the rhyme scheme in this Alfred Noyes poem: The wind was a torrent of darkness among gusty trees The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor And the highwayman came riding riding- riding The highwayman came riding up to the old inn door
What is A A B C C B
500
This type of language is not figurative or uses the straightforward meaning of the words. There is no extended meaning. It is what it says.
What is Literal Language
500
By using this, writers can evoke emotion and imagery from their writing that literal language just cannot provide.
What is figurative language
500
Which word uses the suffix that means the state of being sad: saddened, sadly, sadness
What is sadness
500
What is the order of the sequence of events as it relates to the plot
What is exposition, rising action or conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution
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