Writing
Literary Terms
Figurative language
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Misc
100
What is an organizational structure that points out similarities and differences?
compare/contrast
100

What is the term for a plot that is straight-forward and does not have any flashbacks?

Linear plot

100
What figurative language term is a comparison using like or as?
simile
100

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (n.) One who attacks violently. 1. ASSAILANT 2. MANIPULATE 3. DEPICT 4. SHEEPISH?

What is ASSAILANT?

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 the term used to describe the reason for a character's actions or behaviors?

Character motivation

200
What figurative language term is a comparison without using like or as?
metaphor
200

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the definition (adj) Calm, peaceful, and untroubled. 1. HYPOCRITE 2. SERENE 3. ARID 4. ASSAILANT

What is SERENE?

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

The main message, or lesson learned that the author is trying to express in a text

What is a theme?

300
What figurative language term refers to consonant sounds repeated at the beginnings of words?
alliteration
300

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition (v.) To hold back; To restrict. 1. DISINTERESTED 2. CONSTRAIN 3. MANIPULATE 4. CONFRONT 5. MIMIC

What is CONSTRAIN?

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

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (v.) To represent in a picture; To portray. 1. MANIPULATE 2. ENCOMPASS 3. SERENE 4. DEPICT

What is DEPICT?

400

What is the attitude of the author toward the audience and characters? (e.g., "how" something is said)?

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

Which word MOST NEARLY matches the Definition: (adj.) Difficult or impossible to understand. 1. RUFFLE 2. SHEEPISH 3. INCOMPREHENSIBLE 4. ENCOMPASS

What is INCOMPREHENSIBLE?

500
What is the problem or problems characters face in a literary work?
conflict
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