Author's Craft
Figurative Language
Comparison/
Analogy
Reference and Irony
Mostly Poetry
100

The author purposefully gives hints or suggestions of events that will come later in the plot.

What is FORESHADOWING?

100

When sounds in a phrase get switched around to create something silly or funny.

What is SPOONERISM?

100

The following is an example of this literary element: all the world is a stage.

What is a METAPHOR?

100

When an author refers to well-known people or characters, works of art or literature, places, historical events, or to myths and legends.

What is ALLUSION?

100

This is an example of this type of alliteration: the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain.

What is ASSONANCE?

200

When an author uses diction (word choice) and descriptions to create a certain emotional situation or vibe for the audience.

What is MOOD/ATMOSPHERE?

200

The following are examples of this literary element: bittersweet, small crowd, pretty ugly, alone together

What are OXYMORONS?

200

This is an example of this literary element: I walked a million miles to get to school.

What is HYPERBOLE?

200

An object or element used in a literature to represent another concept or concern.

What is SYMBOLISM?

200

A word that represents sounds.

What is ONOMATOPOEIA?

300

How authors express themselves in writing; it's what makes an author's writing sound like them.

What is STYLE?

300
The following is an example of this literary element: Sew this gentleman into a sheet.

What is SPOONERISM?

300

When an author assigns human-like traits to an animal, object, or idea.

What is PERSONIFICATION?

300

When words express something opposite to the truth; you're saying one thing and meaning the opposite.

What is VERBAL IRONY?

300

A type of alliteration when consonant sounds are repeated.

What is CONSONANCE?

400

The author's attitude; how the author feels about their topic and their audience (readers).

What is TONE?

400

The use of words to create a sensory experience (sight, sound, touch, smell, taste) in what they read for the audience.

What is IMAGERY?

400

A word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.

What is an IDIOM?

400

When the audience or reader of a text knows something that the characters do not.

What is DRAMATIC IRONY?

400

When words share the same sound pattern; it could be at the end of a line or internal.

What is RHYME?

500

The core idea, message, or (life) lesson explored in literature.

What is THEME?

500

When a writer plays on the multiple meanings of a word, or on two words that are similar in sound.

What is a PUN?

500

A negative statement that is used to confirm a positive sentiment. A statement is made about what is by saying what it is not.

What is LITOTES?

500
When the reality (what actually happens) is the opposite of what is expected or intended.

What is SITUATIONAL IRONY?

500

The literary term for a "paragraph" of a poem.

What is STANZA?

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