Definitions
More Definitions
Examples
Bonus Questions
100
The sequence of events that happen in a literary work. Also known as the storyline.
What is the plot?
100
The time and place of a literary work.
What is the setting?
100
"Pop" "Zap" "Buzzzzz"
What is an onomatopoeia?
100
This is the name of the game we are playing right now.
What is Jeopardy?
200
A comparison USING "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
200
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Sarah's seven sisters slept soundly.
What is alliteration?
200
This is where The Maze Runner is set.
What is the Glade?
300
A comparison NOT using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
300
Language that evokes a picture or appeals to the five senses.
What is imagery?
300
"Bitter-sweet" "Pretty ugly" "Act naturally"
What is an oxymoron?
300
This is the author of The Maze Runner.
Who is James Dashner?
400
The author's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
400
Incredible exaggeration or overstatement.
What is a hyperbole?
400
"If I have told you once, I have told you a million times..."
What is a hyperbole?
400
The Maze Runner was published in this year.
What is 2009?
500
These are the five elements of a plot.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
500
This type of character does NOT change much during the plot.
What is a static character?
500
"The thunder grumbled like an old man." (Two literary terms!)
What are personification and a simile?
500
This is Rebecca's favorite literary term.
What is a zeugma?
M
e
n
u