GENRE
LITERARY DEVICES
CHARACTERS
STRUCTURE
TEXT TYPES
100
A simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
What is CARTOON?
100
a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature - usually implied rather than explicit and often provides another layer of meaning to what is being said
What is ALLUSION?
100
A person or thing that opposes the protagonist or hero/heroine of a story
What is ANTAGONIST?
100
the sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story that make up the main story line
What is PLOT?
100
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is ENCYCLOPEDIA
200
a play for theater, radio, or television.
What is DRAMA?
200
The comparison of two similar things to suggest that if they are alike in some respects, they are probably alike in other ways as well
What is ANALOGY?
200
A representation or imitation of a person’s physical or personality traits that are so exaggerated they become comic or absurd
What is CARICATURE?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature. It may be external (person v. person, person v. society, person v. nature/fate) or internal (person v. self)
What is CONFLICT?
200
a short piece of writing on a particular subject.
What is ESSAY?
300
story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children
What is FAIRY TALE?
300
deliberate and extravagant exaggeration
What is HYPERBOLE?
300
the main character or speaker in a poem, monologue, play, or story
What is PROTAGONIST?
300
The methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature, both direct and indirect.
What is CHARACTERIZATION?
300
a book of information for travelers.
What is GUIDE BOOK?
400
fiction written by a fan of, and featuring characters from, a particular TV series, movie, etc.
What is FANFICTION?
400
at its simplest level, it means saying one thing while meaning another
What is IRONY?
400
Persons—or animals or natural forces represented as persons—in a work of literature. Characters may be static (stay the same) or dynamic (undergo a change in personality or attitude) and flat (merely sketched out often stereotypical or stock) or round (more fully developed).
What is CHARACTER?
400
A scene in a story or play that interrupts the present action to tell about events that happened at an earlier time.
What is FLASHBACK?
400
an article published in a magazine
What is MAGAZINE ARTICLE?
500
Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record of things as they actually happened.
What is FICTION?
500
a comparison of one thing to another in order to make description more vivid; it actually states that one thing is the other
What is METAPHOR?
500
One who narrates, or tells, as story.
What is NARRATOR?
500
The central idea or ideas the creator explores through a text.
What is THEME?
500
a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
What is NOVEL?
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