Figurative Language
Poetry
Fiction
You Should Know
Word Types
100
Words that make sounds
What is onomatopoeia
100
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza
100
The time and place a story takes place
What is setting
100
What the story is mainly about
What is the main idea
100
A word that means the same is a
What is synonym
200
"She is as beautiful as a rose" is an example of...
What is a simile
200
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation
200
The most exciting part of a story
What is the climax
200
The attitude an author has towards his subject
What is tone
200
A word that means the opposite is a
What is antonym
300
"His voice is an alarm to me." is an example of...
What is a metaphor.
300
A poem that tells a story, usually about a hero on a journey
What is an epic
300
The ending of a story
What is the conclusion or resolution
300
The feeling the author creates in a story
What is mood
300
Words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelled different are
What is homophones
400
"The chair jumped across the room" is an example of...
What is personification.
400
Words with the same beginning sound
What is alliteration
400
The struggle between characters in a story
What is the conflict
400
Three reasons an author writes
What is entertain, persuade, inform
400
A word that connects two or more complete sentences
What is a conjunction
500
"She is like a doctor because she fixes things" is an example of...
What is simile.
500
The social or "slang" meaning of a word
What is connotation
500
Point of view that uses "I"
What is first person
500
A book used to find other words with the same meaning
What is a thesaurus
500
A word that takes the place of another noun
What is a pronoun
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