PARTS OF SPEECH
WORDS THAT COMPARE
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
STORY LINES
Hodge Podge
100
This is usually referred to as a doing word
What is a verb
100
This is the term for an exaggeration in order to get the author's point across
What is a hyperbole
100
This term is used to describe the feeling in a literary work or passage
What is mood (tone)
100
This term means that a story, novel, or play is at the high point of interest or suspense
What is climax
100
This is the term for a story or tale with two or more levels of meaning- usually this type of story tries to teach a lesson
What is an allegory
200
This is a person, place or thing
What is a noun
200
This term compares two things using like or as
What is a simile
200
This term is used to describe the set of ideas associated with a word
What is connotation
200
This is a term that refers to the turning point of the story usually known as the let-down
What is the anti-climax
200
This term makes a comparison between two words that are alike, but sometimes different.... bed is to sleep as plate is to eat
What is an analogy
300
This is a type of word that describes a verb and usually ends in ly
What is an adverb
300
This term is for a comparison of words in a sentence that does not use like or as
What is a metaphor
300
This term is used to explain where a word originated
What is derivation
300
This is the term that means that clues are given within the text that suggest events that have not occurred yet.
What is foreshadowing
300
This term refers to a pair of lines which rhyme and are alike in meter and length
What is couplet
400
This is a word that describes a noun
What is an adjective
400
This term means a comparison of words that are opposites like jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
400
This term refers to a word or phrases connection to a well-known person or event
What is an allusion
400
This term means that authors present material that occurred earlier than the present tense of the narrative
What is flashback
400
This term means a type of essay in which the writer is explaining something factual to the audience
What is an expository or informational
500
This is a word that connects two parts of a sentence. Examples are and, or, but , nor
What is a conjunction
500
This is a term that means that the words used can mean several different things; ex The Most Dangerous Game
What is a double entendre
500
This term means the writer's distinctive "sound" or way of "speaking" on the page
What is voice
500
This term means the time and place of the action in a literary work
What is setting
500
This term means a type of poem in which there is no particular rhyme scheme or meter
What is free verse
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