Literary Devices I
Genres I
Literary Elements
Genres II
Literary Devices II
100
Repeating a word, phrase, or sentence to emphasize an idea
Repetition
100
Tells the true story of a real person's life, written by someone else
Biography
100
What is the term that refers to the time and place of a story?
Setting
100
A story set in the present that seems true but is not
Realistic Fiction
100
A comparison of two things using "like" or "as"
Simile
200
A comparison between two unlike things -- usually states that one thing is the other
Metaphor
200
Tells a story that is meant to be performed by actors; includes stage directions and dialogue
Drama
200
What is the term that refers to the main character? And the term that refers to the person/thing opposing the main character?
Protagonist and the Antagonist
200
The story of a person's life written by the person him or her self
Autobiography
200
Repeating the first sound in 2 or more words of a line
Alliteration
300
A phrase that cannot be understood by its literal meaning (I'm feeling blue.)
Idiom
300
A story with a future-based plot; based on scientific theory, like aliens and futuristic inventions.
Science Fiction
300
What is the term that refers to the moral or lesson of a story?
Theme
300
Tells a story or expresses the writer's feelingsl written in lines called stanzas
Poetry
300
When one thing is expected to happen and the exact opposite happens
Irony
400
The opposite of exaggeration
Understatement
400
A story written about a period of history, but it is not true
Historical Fiction
400
What is the struggle between two opposing forces called?
conflict
400
An old story that explains something about nature or human behavior; features gods and heroes.
Myth/Legend
400
Giving human qualities to something that isn't human
Personification
500
Words that sound like their sounds (like the rustle of the leaves)
Onomatopoeia
500
Features magical charcters; often starts with "Once upon a time."
Fairy Tale
500
What are the four main types of conflict?
Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, Man vs. Society
500
A story that teaches a lesson; has plants, animals, objects and forces of nature as characters.
Fable
500
An exaggeration to make a point
Hyperbole
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