The story of a person's life written by that person.
What is Autobiography?
100
A reference to a well-known character, place, or situation from history, music, art, or another work of literature.
What is Allusion?
100
A short piece of nonfiction writing on any topic.
What is an Essay?
100
A humorous use of words that are similar in sound (merry and Marry) or a word with several meanings.
What is a Pun?
100
A simple story pointing to a moral or religious lesson.
What is a Parable?
200
A figure of speech in which opposite ideas are combined, such as "Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true."
What is Oxymoron?
200
A comparison that shows similarities between two things that are otherwise dissimilar.
What is Analogy?
200
A long narrative poem that recounts the adventures of a larger-than-life hero.
What is an Epic?
200
The use of bitter or caustic language to point out shortcomings or flaws.
What is Sarcasm?
200
A humorous imitation of a literary work that aims to point out the work's shortcomings.
What is Parody?
300
A narrative in which situations and characters are invented by the writer.
What is Fiction?
300
A brief account of an interesting happening.
What is Anecdote?
300
Beliefs, customs, stories, songs and dances of a culture.
What is a Folktale?
300
The passing of literature by word of mouth from one generation to the next.
What is Oral Tradition?
300
A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human characteristics.
What is Personification?
400
An interruption in the chronological order of a narrative to describe an event that happened earlier.
What is Flashback?
400
A person portrayed in a literary work.
What is a character?
400
A type of narrative nonfiction that presents the story of a period in the writers life.
What is a Memoir?
400
A category or type of literature.
What is genre?
400
A saying that expresses some truth about life or contains some bit of popular wisdom such as "faint heart never won fair lady."
What is Proverb?
500
The emotional quality of a literary work.
What is Mood?
500
Written or spoken material designed to bring about a change or to damage, a cause through use of emotionally charged words, name-calling, or other techniques.
What is Propaganda?
500
A book-length fictional prose narrative having a plot, characters, setting, and theme.
What is a novel?
500
A person or a force that opposes the protagonist, or central character, in a story
What is Antagonist?
500
The sequence of events in a short story, novel, or drama.