Literary Devices
Genres
Figurative Language
Elements of Literature
Testing Vocabulary
100
A figure of speech that refers to a well-know object or thing.
What is allusion
100
Stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.
What is drama
100
A comparison of two different things to show a likeness between them that does not use like or as
What is Metaphor
100
The villain of the story.
What is Antagonist
100
Tell how.
What is Explain
200
Speech between characters
What is dialogue
200
Narration demonstrating a useful truth, expecially in which animals speak as humans; legendary, supernatural tale.
What is Fable
200
Giving something human-like qualities.
What is Personification
200
Persons or animals, things, or natural forces presented as person apperaing in a short story, novel, play or narrative poem.
What is Character
200
To tell what happens next.
What is Predict
300
A distinct form of language spoken by people living in a particular region or belonging to a particular group
What is dialect
300
Story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
What is Fairy Tale
300
Anything that represents something else.
What is Symbolism
300
The sudden moment when memories come back to a character.
What is Flashback
300
Main idea in your own words.
What is Summarize.
400
A great exaggeration
What is hyperbole
400
Story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting.
What is HIstorical fiction
400
Refers to words and phrases that appeal to the 5 senses to create a picture in the reader's mind or to remind the reader of a familiar sensation.
What is Imagery
400
The use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
What is Foreshadowing
400
To give evidence to prove something.
What is Support
500
The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, and readers. Is created through the choice of words and details.
What is tone
500
Fiction of such brevity that it supports no subplots.
What is Short story
500
Comparing one unlike thing to another to describe it using like or as.
What is Simile
500
What happens in a story.
What is PLOT
500
Right or suitable.
What is Appropriate
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