The repetition of first consonants in a group of words.
Example: “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.”
What is Alliteration?
100
A legend that embodies the beliefs of people and offers some explanation for natural and social phenomena.
Example: The Greek Gods: Zeus, Aphrodite, Athena, Hercules…
What is Myth?
100
A map that has more specific information other than a single topic.
What is Special Purpose Map?
100
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
Example:"The pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun)"
What is Pun?
200
A reference to something or someone, often literary.
Example: “May the force be with you.”
What is Allusion?
200
The faculty or activity of imagining things, especially things that are impossible or improbable.
Example:"His research had moved into the realm of fantasy"
What is Fantasy?
200
A book that lists words in groups of synonyms and related concepts
What is Thesaurus?
200
The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible
What is Assonance?
300
Language that does not mean exactly what it says.
Example: I am so mad steam is coming out of my ears!!! If it can’t happen then it usually is a _______________
What is Figurative Language?
300
An account of someone's life written by someone else
What is Biography?
300
a book or electronic resource that lists the words of a language and gives their meaning, or gives the equivalent words in a different language, often also providing information about pronunciation, origin, and usage.
What is Dictionary?
300
A very important type. Nonfiction includes any text that is factual.
What is Informational Text?
400
The use of words that sound like what the mean.
Example: Ping, Ring, Buzz,Wow
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
Fiction based on imagined future scientific or technological advances and major social or environmental changes, frequently portraying space or time travel and life on other planets.
What is Science Fiction?
400
A book of maps or charts.
What is Atlas?
400
A book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is Encyclopedia?
500
Giving an inanimate object human characteristics.
Example: “The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner.”
What is Personification?
500
Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain.
What is Mystery?
500
An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.
What is Almanac?
500
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.