Literary Terms
Books
Short Stories
Roots
Figurative Language
100
The main focus or topic of a novel.
What is Theme?
100
A man tries to make his way back to Ithaca to stop bachelors from taking his lover.
What is Ulysses?
100
In this story, a deranged Russian General hunts humans for fun.
What is What is The Most Dangerous Game?
100
The prefix meaning against or opposed to.
What is Anti?
100
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What is Simile?
200
Visual description of something. Also a type of figurative language.
What is Imagery?
200
Samuel goes on a search for his parents in the middle of the Revolutionary War.
What is Woods Runner?
200
A boy named Alex takes a dangerous boat ride with his mom on a boat called The Heavenward.
What is Pacific Rim?
200
A prefix that means self.
What is Auto?
200
A comparison between two things without using like or as.
What is Metaphor?
300
The main problem in a story.
What is Conflict?
300
This book mentions the horrible mass killings of innocent people around the world.
What is Genocide?
300
A boy named Jackson knocks over an ancient artifact and becomes possessed by a wind god.
What is I of the Storm?
300
A prefix with the meaning of many.
What is Poly?
300
Mimics the sound of an object or action, like splash or bang.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
A story that has a moral or lesson to it.
What is a Fable?
400
A boy named Jonas is selected as the job as The Receiver and tries to find out the truth of the community.
What is The Giver?
400
Two dolls try to escape a toddler because she mistreats them very badly.
What is Open House?
400
A prefix which means life.
What is Bio?
400
A phrase or word that has a different literal meaning than it.
What is Idiom?
500
A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
What is an Anecdote?
500
A book where animals represent real political figures.
What is Animal Farm?
500
A chat room with a debate about parallel universe and seeing if they are real.
What is Mail Merge?
500
A prefix with the meaning of small.
What is Micro?
500
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected word
What is Alliteration?
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