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100

is the story of the writer's own life, told by the writer

What is autobigraphy

100

is the use of words that imitate sounds.

What is onomatopoeia

100

is a three line Japanese verse form, usually creates a scene from nature

What is haiku

100

is the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage

What is mood

100

you hit it with a stick

What is drum

200

is writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events

What is nonfiction

200

is a figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

What is metaphor

200

is a humorous, rhyming, five line poem with a specific meter and rhyme scheme.

What is a limerick

200

is the author's use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story

What is foreshadowing

200

it has a slide and is a brass instrument

What is trombone

300

is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

What is fiction

300

is a figure of speech that uses like or as to make a direct comparison between two unlike ideas

What is simile

300

is one with a shape that suggest its subject.

What is concrete poem

300

is the general term for types of literature

What is genre

300

it has three valves and Louis Armstrong is known to play this brass instrument

trumpet
400

is a story often passed from person to person by word of mouth that shows how the world was made

What is a creation myth

400

is when the author hints at future events

What is foreshadowing

400

is poetry not written in a regular rhythm or meter

What is free verse

400

is the feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work

What is suspense

400

It is one of the highest woodwind instruments.

What is flute

500

is a story written to be performed by actors

What is a play/drama

500

when an author tells a story that has a deeper meaning, and often stands for something else (like The Crucible & McCarthyism)

What is an allegory

500

is a highly musical verse that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.

What is lyric poem

500

is a central message in a literary work.

What is theme

500

this instrument has six strings and you strum it.

What is guitar

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