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