Types of Lit
Types of Lit II
Literary Devices
Literary Devices II
Plot
100
Literature that is not fake or true
What is non-fiction?
100
Type of literature that is meant to be performed
What is drama?
100
a phrase that means something other than what the words actually say
What is an idiom?
100
a comparison that uses like or as
What is simile?
100
the problem or struggle between two characters
What is conflict?
200
Literature that is fake
What is fiction?
200
Story written about someone's own life
What is an autobiography?
200
when the author includes action that took place before the current story?
What is flashback?
200
a pattern of rhyming words
What is rhyme scheme?
200
another name for the ending
What is resolution?
300
fictional work that is based on facts that informs and explains
What is information text?
300
Type of literature that involves the unknown or a crime to be solved
What is mystery?
300
an idea represented by an object or thing
What is symbol?
300
human characteristics given to nonhuman things?
What is personification?
300
conflict is revealed and it continues toward the climax
What is rising action?
400
verses that may contain rhyme, rhythm, etc.
What is poetry?
400
Usually has greek or roman gods in it
What is myth?
400
the author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
400
words that suggest a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
400
High point or turning point
What is climax?
500
writing that is based on a true event
What is historical fiction?
500
Usually has aliens or space in it
What is science fiction?
500
repeating the same sounds at the beginning of a series of words
What is alliteration?
500
the feeling a piece of writing gives the reader
What is mood?
500
the beginning
What is exposition?
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