Language that has meaning
beyond the literal meaning; also known as
“figures of speech.”
What is figurative language?
100
identical; not different.
What is same?
100
The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place.
What is setting?
100
A writer’s story of his or her
own life.
What is an autobriography?
100
Everything that happens in a story
What is action?
200
A purposeful exaggeration for
emphasis or humor.
What is hyperbole?
200
similar to each other.
What is alike?
200
A person in a novel, play, or movie.
What is character?
200
Also called a play, this writing form uses
dialogue to share its message and is meant to be
performed in front of an audience.
What is drama?
200
The high point in the action of a story.
What is climax?
300
Human qualities attributed
to an animal, object, or idea, e.g. “The
wind exhaled.”
What is personification?
300
Used to introduce a statement that contrasts with or seems to contradict something that has been said previously.
What is however?
300
A problem or struggle between two
opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
300
A story originally passed from one
generation to another by word of mouth only.
The characters are usually all good or all bad
and in the end are rewarded or punished as
they deserve
What is a folktale?
300
The distinctive way that a writer uses
language including such factors as word choice,
sentence length, arrangement, and complexity,
and the use of figurative language and imagery.
What is Style?
400
comparison of two things
essentially different but with some
commonalities; does not use “like” or “as,”
e.g. “Her smile was ice.”
What is Metaphor?
400
As an alternative or substitute.
What is instead?
400
The part of the story in which the
problems are solved and the action comes to a
satisfying end.
What is resolution?
400
A short story that often uses talking animals
as the main characters and teaches an explicit
moral or lesson.
What is a fable?
400
A literary work that uses concise, colorful,
often rhythmic language to express ideas or
emotions. Examples: ballad, blank verse, free
verse, elegy, limerick, sonnet.
What is poetry
500
Comparison of two things using the
words “like” or “as,” e.g. “Her smile was as
cold as ice.”
What is simile?
500
Different from; not similar to.
What is unlike?
500
The conversations that characters have
with one another.
What is dialogue?
500
A literary work that uses the familiar spoken
form of language, sentence after sentence.