Writing
Literary Terms
Figurative language
Words
Misc
100
What is an organizational structure that points out similarities and differences?
compare/contrast
100
What is character called who is well developed, has many characteristics, and is complex.
round/dynamic
100
What figurative language term is a comparison using like or as?
simile
100

What term refers to words with opposite meaning?

antonyms

100
This is the type of characterization where we know about a character by how he/she acts, says, wears, or what other characters say about him or her?
indirect characterization
200
What is an organizational structure that describes an issues and presents ways of dealing with that issue?
problem/solution
200
What is a character called who is not well developed, stereotypical, and simple.
flat/static
200
What figurative language term is a comparison without using like or as?
metaphor
200
What term refers to words with the same meaning?
synonyms
200
What is the term used for "type of literature form," poetry, fiction, non-fiction, folk tale, etc.?
genre
300
What is an organizational structure that describes how something happened over time?
chronological order
300
What is the message, or big idea the author is trying to get across?
theme
300
What figurative language term refers to consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words?
alliteration
300
What part of speech names actions?
verbs
300
What type of characterization is used when the author directly describes character?
direct characterization
400
What is an organizational structure that shows how one events led to another?
cause/effect
400
What literary term/element refers to when an author describes a scene or event from the past that appears in a narrative out of chronological order, to fill in information or explain something in the present?
flashback
400
What literary term refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that represents more than itself?
symbolism
400
What part of speech describes nouns?
adjectives
400
What is the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters (e.g., serious or humorous)?
tone
500
Who is the author writing to in a piece of work?
audience
500
What is the part of the plot where all loose ends are tied up and the story is brought to a close?
conclusion/resolution
500
Name the figurative language: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse! or I've done this a million times already!
hyperbole
500
What is the terms for writing or speech that is used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons between dissimilar things, [examples are metaphor, simile, and personification?
figurative language
500
What is the problem or problems characters face in a literary work?
conflict
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