Literary Devices
Reference Skills
Reading Skills
Research Skills
Literary Genres
100
Allusion
What is the referencing of a literary or historical person, place, or object?
100
newspaper
If your history teacher asked you to bring in recent information on the Vice President and one of his recent trips abroad, you would probably look in?
100
inference
What is the reading term for making an "educated guess?" (taking what you already know + clues from the text)
100
citation
What is the term for writing down the name of the author, title of a source when you are finding research?
100
historical fiction
What is the type of fiction in which the setting takes place during a specific event or era of the past?
200
pun
What is a term for a play on words. For example: a bumper sticker for fishing that says, Fishing is "reel" fun!
200
encyclopedia
You are doing research on the Biltmore Estate near Asheville, NC. If you wanted general information on this famous house, you could look in?
200
paraphrase
What is the act of putting a section of text IN YOUR OWN WORDS?
200
author's name
When citing a source, what information (if given) should always come first?
200
sonnet
What is a 14-line poem consisting of a specfic rhyme scheme?
300
symbolism
What is the use of symbols to represent a larger idea or concept.
300
bibliography
In an informational text, what do you call a listing of books on a similar topic?
300
propaganda
The techniques used to persuade a person to buy something, do something, or think a certain way is?
300
plagiarism
What is the unlawful act of not giving credit to another person's words or ideas (passing it off as your own)?
300
ode
What is a type of poem that shows praise or adoration toward the subject?
400
mood
What is a term for the feeling a story or poem leaves you with?
400
title page
Where in a book do you find title, author, and publisher information?
400
bias
What is it when a writer examines an issue from only ONE side? When a writer shows a strong opinion or preference in a piece of writing?
400
copyright date
What is the best way to check to see if a website's information is current and up-to-date?
400
free-verse
What is a form of poetry in which there is no set rhythm or rhyme scheme?
500
diction
What is a literary term for author's word choice?
500
Classified section
In which section of the newspaper would you find "Help Wanted' ads?
500
annotate
What is the practice of taking notes, asking questions, or underlining key words in a piece of text?
500
search engines
What is the technical term for sites such as "Google" or "Ask.com" ?
500
prose
What is the term for any piece of writing that is set up in sentence format? (NOT POETRY)
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