Vocabulary Review
Figurative Language
Elements of Poetry
In literature
Misc.
100
based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
What is 'subjective'
100
What is the following an example of: As cold as ice
What is simile
100
a genre of poetry that tells a story (i.e. Inside Out and Back Again)
What is narrative poetry
100
the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
What is setting
100
the creation of words that imitate natural sounds such as BANG!, Moo, oink, etc.
What is onomatopoeia
200
(of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
What is 'objective'
200
What is the following an example of: The waffle jumped up out of the toaster.
What is personification
200
What is the following an example of: Larry’s lizard likes leaping leopards.
What is alliteration
200
The order of events within a story
What is plot
200
point-of-view in which a story, in a written or spoken format, is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves
What is first person POV
300
Can be proven true or false
What is a fact
300
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
What is flashback
300
a series of lines grouped together and separated by an empty line
What are stanzas
300
introduction of specific words or images that anticipate later events
What is foreshadowing
300
is the process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is characterization
400
When you find similarities and differences
What is comparing and contrasting
400
a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood
400
two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.
What is a couplet
400
What is the following an example of: 1940s during World War II, the attic of a building, Amsterdam, Germany
What is setting
400
point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
What is third person limited POV
500
the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
What is denotation
500
What is "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" an example of?
What is hyperbole
500
the pattern of rhyme between lines of a poem or song. It is usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme
What is rhyme scheme
500
psychological struggle within the mind of a literary or dramatic character, the resolution of which creates the plot's suspense
What is internal conflict
500
noting a relationship between actions or events such that one or more are the result of the other or others.
What is cause/effect
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