Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
Figurative Language
Types of Writing
Poetry
100
When the setting, main characters, and initial conflicts are introduced in the story.
What is the exposition
100
The development of the characters in a story is called this
What is characterization
100
A comparison of two unlike objects using "like" or "as"
What is a simile
100
Literary works conjured up in the writer's imagination.
What is fiction
100
The odyssey is this type of poem
What is an Epic
200
When the plot starts to get more interesting and the conflict "heats up."
What is the rising action
200
When someone is torn between doing what is right and what others want him or her to is an example of of this.
What is internal conflict
200
The repetition of intial sounds within a line of poetry.
What is alliteration
200
A short story with a moral-like the boy who cried wolf.
What is a fable
200
A poetic paragraph.
What is a stanza
300
The highest point in the story or the point in which there is a shift in the story.
What is the climax
300
The general idea that a writer tries to get across to the reader or the message the writer is sending.
What is the theme.
300
"It is the east and Juliet is the sun" is an example of this
What is a metaphor
300
A literary work that is written to be performed for an audience.
What is a drama
300
Main character whose heroic actions are central to the his/her culture or nation
What is an epic hero.
400
The end of the story where the conflict has been settled.
What is the resolution
400
The type of character who goes through some sort of change or transformation throughout the story.
What is a dynamic character
400
This is writing that helps you form mental pictures or appeals to one of the 5 senses.
What is imagery or sensory imagery
400
Writing that tells of actual people, places, or events.
What is non-fiction
400
Musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is rhythm
500
When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not know
What is dramatic irony
500
A struggle between 2 characters within the story.
What is external conflict.
500
Wham, thud, ding, and buzz are all examples of this
What is onomatopoeia
500
Traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes used to explain the natural world or customs and beliefs of a society.
What is a myth
500
A 14-lined poem written in iambic pentameter that has a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet
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