An expression that has a meaning different from the meaning of its individual words. Ex: "to let the cat out of the bag"
What is idiom
100
A comparison of two things that are basically unlike but have some qualities in common. (Doesn't use like or as)
What is metaphor?
100
A true account of a person's life, written by another person.
What is biography?
100
The central idea; the most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys.
What is main idea?
100
To accomplish
What is achieve?
200
A group of two or more lines that form a unit in a poem.
What is stanza?
200
The use of words whose sounds echo their meanings, such as buzz, whisper, gargle, and murmur.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
Fiction in which a writer explores unexpected possibilities of the past or the future, combining scientific information with his or her creative imagination.
What is Science Fiction?
200
A logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.
What is inference?
200
To make known; express.
What is to convey?
300
The repetition of sounds at the end of words.
What is rhyme?
300
Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
What is personification?
300
A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged to create certain effects.
What is Poetry?
300
To briefly retell the main ideas of a piece of writing in one's own words.
What is summarize?
300
A true understanding of the true nature of something.
What is insight?
400
Consists of words and phrases that appeal to a reader's five senses.
What is imagery?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds, typically at the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
400
A short story or novel set in the past and includes real places and real events.
What is historical fiction?
400
A writer usually writes to inform, persuade, or entertain.
What is author's purpose?
400
Detailed; exact
What is specific?
500
A technique in which a sound, word, phrase, or line is repeated for emphasis or unity.
What is repetition?
500
Makes a comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is simile?
500
A writer's account of his or her own life.
What is autobiography?
500
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. In many cases the reader must infer what the writer's message is.