Poetry
Figurative Language
Literary Terms
Grammar
Potpourri
100
The beat of a poem: when the verses have a pattern in the number of syllables in each verse is called this.
What is rhythm?
100
A literary technique in which the writer makes something that is not human behave in the way a human does.
What is personification?
100
The person who tells a short story is called this.
What is the narrator?
100
A word used to describe a noun is called this.
What is adjective?
100
Expressions whose meanings are different from the literal ones.
What is idioms?
200
A group of lines in poetry are called this.
What is stanzas?
200
A literary technique in which the writer compares two things by using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
When a story is told by one of the characters in the story, it is told from this.
What is first person point of view?
200
An action word is called this.
What is a verb?
200
An exaggerated phrase used in writing that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
300
A poem that has characters, setting, and plot-it tells a story in poem form.
What is narrative poetry?
300
A literary technique in which the writer compares two things that are not naturally alike-does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
The story's series of events is called this.
What is the plot?
300
A word used to describe a verb is called this.
What is an adverb?
300
Using the same word or phrase over and over again is called this.
What is repetition?
400
A literary technique in which the writer uses description that appeals to the reader's senses of sound, sight, touch, taste, or smell.
What is imagery?
400
A literary technique in which the writer starts several words with the same sound. (black burned buttered biscuit)
What is alliteration?
400
The story's message about life is called this.
What is the theme?
400
A word used to replace a noun. Examples are he, she, and they.
What is a pronoun?
400
When the story teller is not in the story but he/she knows the feelings of all the characters, it is told from what point of view?
What is third person omniscient?
500
Words that have the same ending sound.
What is rhyme?
500
Words that sound like the object or actions they refer to.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The way we look at the similarities and differences of certain characters, books, or events is called this.
What is comparing and contrasting?
500
Words that "glue" sentences or phrases together are called this.
What is conjunctions?
500
If the story is told by someone who is not a character in the story, it is told from this.
What is 3rd person point of view?
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