Literary Terms
Quotes
Short Story Elements
Nonfiction
Nonfiction 2
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The quality of a literary work that makes the characters and their situations seem funny, amusing, or ludicrous.
What is humorous
100
“A life without courage might be worse than death” This is an example of what literary device
What is aphorism
100
Persons in a work of fiction
What is character
100
Writing about real people and real events.
What is nonfiction
100
___________________ is the story of a person’s life written by that person.
What is autobiography
200
A short written or oral account of an event from a person’s life
What is anecdote
200
“Your readers, who with me have never seen any signs of sunshine before noon, and seldom regard the astronomical part of the almanac, will be as much astonished as I was, when they hear of his rising so early; and especially when I assure them, that he gives light as soon as he rises.” This quote from "Daylight Saving" is an example of what literary device
What is humor
200
____________ is the sequence of events in a story or play.
What is plot
200
In ________________________ writing, the writer tries to influence the reader’s ideas or actions.
What is persuasive
200
A ________________ is about the person who has written it, but it usually focuses on one experience or period in a person’s life.
What is memoir
300
A short, pointed statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about human experience.
What is aphorism
300
“The birth, nourishment, and growth of each thing means the change and decay of something else” This quote is an example of what literary device
What is antithesis
300
_________________ is when the story is told by a character and uses pronouns, such as “I”, “me”, “we” it is called
What is first person point of view
300
a specific type of persuasive writing that relies only on logic, reason, and evidence to convince the reader.
What is argument
300
A work of nonfiction that tells the story of important historical events or developments. Give one example of something we have read
What is historical narrative. "A Brother's Crime"
400
Persuasive techniques used by public speakers and writers of literary works, especially those written to persuade.
What is rhetorical devices
400
Nye's short account of her camping trip when she was younger about spiders and donkeys is an example of what literary device?
What is anecdote
400
The story is told using a narrator located outside the action of the story
What is third person point of view
400
presents a character’s thoughts to the reader without the character actually speaking. Give an example of a story.
What is interior monologue. "A Brother's Crime"
400
presents a single story in the format of a standard comic, but is usually longer. Give an example of a story
What is graphic novel. "The Murder of Abraham Lincoln"
500
A contrasting relationship between two ideas.
What is antithesis
500
“The Honor and practice of ministers depend on our deaths and our vices” This quote from “That One Mans’ Profit is Another’s Loss” is an example of what literary device? explain why
What is antithesis because the statement shows opposites, "honor and practice" and "deaths" and "vices", within the same sentence.
500
The ______________ is central to the plot with all the major events having some importance to this character.
What is protagonist
500
Name the five different types of nonfiction
What is autobiography, biography, personal essay, expository essay, and persuasive essay
500
Use any of the following three essays, “Thoughts on Fenway Park”, “Taxpayers Will Get a Return on Investment”, or “Other Revenue Sources Should Be Pursued”, give one example of appeal to logic and appeal to emotion.
What is logic: Fenway's small size, the cost of tickets, maintenance costs, lack of luxury boxes emotion: Fenway's history, the players who played there, tradition
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