Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
100
Metaphor
What is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else?
100
Moral
What is a lesson taught by a literary work?
100
Symbol
What is anything that stands for or represents something else?
100
Speaker
What is the imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem?
100
Personification
What is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics?
200
Narrator
Who is a speaker or character who tells a story?
200
Suspense
What is a feeling of curiosity or uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work?
200
Narrative poem
What is a poem that tells a story?
200
Monologue
What is a speech by one character in a play, story, or poem?
200
onomatopoeia
What is the use of words that imitate sounds?
300
Narration
What is writing that tells a story?
300
Sensory language
What is writing or speech that appeals to one or more of the senses?
300
foreshadowing
What is the use in a literary work of clues that suggest events that have yet to occur?
300
Theme
What is a central message or insight into life revealed through the literary work?
300
Plot
What is a sequence of events in a literary work?
400
Dramatic poetry
What is poetry that utilizes the techniques of drama?
400
Short story
What is a brief work of fiction?
400
Novel
What is a long work of fiction?
400
Character
What is a person or an animal who takes part in the action of a literary work?
400
Genre
What is a category or type of literature?
500
Imagery
What is the descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create word pictures for the reader?
500
Poetry
What is one of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama?
500
Similie
What is a figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas?
500
Climax
What is the high point of interest or suspense?
500
Persuasion
What is writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to adopt a particular opinion or course of action?
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