Literary Devices I
Literary Devices II
Fiction Genres
More Fiction Genres
Nonfiction Genre
100
What is a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning?
Idiom
100
What is a comparison of two UNLIKE things using words LIKE or AS?
Simile
100
What is a story that sometimes starts with, "once upon a time...?
Fairy Tale
100
What is a very short story where the characters are animals or things that talk and act like humans...has a moral?
Fable
100
What is the true story of someone's life written by someone else?
Biography
200
What is anything that stands for or represents something else?
Symbolism
200
What is repeated constant sounds at the beginning of words?
Alliteration
200
What is a humorous exaggeration to tell the adventures of a fictional character?
Tall Tale
200
What is a story that is passed down from generation to generation and often involve trickster tales?
Folk Tales
200
What often contains words that rhyme?
Poetry
300
What is figurative language that makes a nonhuman thing seem human?
Personification
300
What is a comparison of two UNLIKE things using the words is, are were, and was?
Metaphor
300
What is a story that tells the story of a hero whose deeds become larger than life?
Legend
300
What is a story where the setting is in some specific period of the past?
Historical Fiction
300
What type of writing is told as a story?
Narrative
400
What is specific descriptive details that appeals to one or more of the senses?
Descriptive
400
What is an exaggerated statement that should not be taken literally?
Hyperbole
400
What is a story where events that occur could not happen in the real world?
Fantasy
400
What is a story that may explain how something in nature looks or works and often includes gods or goddesses who interact with humans?
Myth
400
What is the true story of someone's life written by that person?
Autobiography
500
What is words that imitate like the noise or action it is describing?
Onomatopoeia
500
What is specific language techniques which writers use to create text that is clear, interesting, and memorable?
Literary Devices
500
What is a story where the events in the story could happen in real life?
Realistic Fiction
500
What is a story that is make believe or made up using your imagination?
Fiction
500
What is a serious story intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action?
Drama
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