Texts
Genres
Literary Devices
Poetry
Bildungsroman
100

an invented prose narrative of significant length and complexity that deals imaginatively with human experience.

What is a novel?

100

narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder

What is Crime?

100

comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100

the equivalent to paragraphs in prose

What is a Stanza? 
100

A German word for “novel of education” or “novel of formation,” and it is a story that traces the moral and psychological growth of its protagonist over time.

What is Bildungsroman?

200

literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm

What is poetry?

200

imaginative fiction dependent for effect on strangeness of setting (such as other worlds or times) and of characters (such as supernatural or unnatural beings).

What is Fantasy? 

200

a description exaggerating one or more of the 5 senses

What is Imagery? 

200

A Japanese poem which has three lines with a count of 5-7-5 syllables per line

What is a Haiku?

200

The moment in the story that marks the beginning of the protagonist's spiritual/psychological/moral growth

What is "The Call"?
300

a piece of writing that tells a story through the actions and words of characters and that is performed on a stage.

What is a play?

300

a form of theoretical fiction that offers a vision into the future. They usually feature societies that have a disastrous decline and characters who battle environmental ruin, technological control and government oppression.

What is Dystopian?

300
giving inanimate objects human characteristics

What is Personification? 

300
something that is produced when the last syllables of words or lines have matching sounds

What is a Rhyme? 

300

- Close friends/peers

- The wise mentor/influence who provides guidance

- Authority figure who creates obstacles that test the protagonist's development

What/Who are key supporting characters?

400

the translation of a literary work from one form to the next (e.g. from a book to a film or a short story to a play).

What is an adaptation?

400

a genre that places strong emphasis on intense emotion, pairing terror with pleasure, death with romance. It is characterized by its darkly picturesque scenery and eerie/grim stories.

What is Gothic Horror?

400

words that imitate a sound

What is Onomatopoeia? 

400

A poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word or a phrase

What is an acrostic poem?

400

The stage when the character uses their newfound knowledge to help others. They may or may not return to their origins after their journey. The audience can see the growth of the protagonist when compared to the beginning.

What is Acceptance/Remedy? 

500

a visual art form which stimulate experience that communicate ideas, stories, perception, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images, along with sound and other sensory stimulations.

What is a film?

500

a genre of fiction that creatively depicts real or imaginary science and technology as part of its plot, setting, or theme.

What is Science Fiction?

500

opposite words put together to form a unique meaning/phrase

What is an Oxymoron?
500

The repetition of vowel sounds

What is assonance? 

500

- Being "sent off" to boarding school/somewhere distant

- Alienation from immediate family

- Rags-to-riches/Financial Crisis

- Fleeing/running away/travel to exotic land

What are Plot Devices in Bildungsroman?

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