Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record of things as they actually happened.
Fiction
100
A picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally.
What is Photographs
100
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
Analogy
100
The methods used to present the personality of a character in a work of literature, both direct and indirect.
Characterization
100
A person or thing that opposes the protagonist or
hero/heroine of a story
What is Antagonist
200
Fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader
Horror
200
A short piece of writing on a particular subject.
What is Essay
200
The use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
What is Imagery
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
The main character or speaker in a poem, monologue, play, or story
What is Protagonist
300
Usually a fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain and sometimes cause intended laughter; but can be contained in all genres
Humor
300
A book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject.
What is Textbook
300
At its simplest level, it means saying one thing while meaning another
What is Irony
300
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
300
One who narrates, or tells, as story.
What is Narrator
400
an account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is Biography
400
A newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
What is Editorial
400
A comparison of one thing to another in order to make description more vivid; uses the words 'like' or 'as' in this comparison
What is Simile
400
The sequence of events in a poem, play, novel, or short story that make up the main story line
What is Plot
400
A representation or imitation of a person’s physical
or personality traits that are so exaggerated they
become comic or absurd
What is Caricature
500
a play for theater, radio, or television.
What is Drama
500
A general term for any document that is read in digital form, and especially a document that is mainly text.
What is Electronic texts
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
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or a drama.
What is Foreshadowing
500
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).