AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
POETRY
NOVELS
LITERARY TERMS
MIX-IT-UP
100
The method an author usues to reveal a character's personality.
What is "characterization?"
100
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a unit.
What is a "stanza?"
100
A piece of prose writing that deals with real people, places, things, or events.
What is "non-fiction?"
100
This is a song like poem about tragic love.
What is a "ballad?"
100
The structure of events arranged by the author. These are the parts that make up a story.
What is "plot?"
200
A literary device an author uses to represent and idea. Ex: a cross represents religion or faith.
What is symbolism?
200
The rythm in a poem created by stressed and unstressed syllables.
What is "meter?"
200
A piece of prose writing that is not real.
What is "fiction?"
200
This is the contrast between a literal meaning of what is being said versus what is meant. Example: "that was brilliant"="stupid"
What is "verbal irony?"
200
A piece of literature that is not poetry.
What is "prose?"
300
An author's work in literature that ends in an amusing and happy way.
What is a "comedy?"
300
A stanza of two lines in poetry.
What is a "couplet?"
300
This is a novel with two narrators.
What is "dual narration?"
300
This is the atmosphere created by a literary work. Example: humor, sadness
What is "mood?"
300
A short fictional story, sometimes found in a literature book.
What is a "short story?"
400
A short non-fiction prose piece of writing about one subject.
What is an essay?
400
This is a poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is "blank verse?"
400
This refers to an author's choice of words?
What is "diction?"
400
This is a figure of speech in which an animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
What is "personification?"
400
A repeated vowel sound in a piece of poetry.
What is "assonance?"
500
A story that explains how things came to be and involves gods or other supernatural forces. For example: Lochnesse Monster
What is a myth?
500
An un-rhymed piece of poetry with lines of different lengths.
What is "free verse?"
500
This occurs when the author changes the story, like in a mystery.
What is a "twisted plot?"
500
A poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. It has three lines.
What is a "Haiku?"
500
The poetic effect that uses repetitive consonant sounds. Example: a tongue twister.
What is "alliteration?"
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