Poetry
Figurative Language
Figurative Language 2
Literary Elements
Miscellaneous
100
What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? In great despair, I hit my knees and then began to pray. "Father will I ever see, my dog again someday?" I raised my eyes and saw an angel near a gate. I sensed an inner peach I'd never felt before that day.
AABA
100
I am so hungry, I could eat a horse
metaphor
100
An exaggeration that cannot possible be true
hyerbole
100
Name one point of view that might be used in a story.
First person Third person limited Third person omniscient
100
This kind of genre includes mystery, fantasy, romance and comedy.
Fiction
200
Name one graphical element used in poetry.
1. Capitalization 2. Punctuation 3. Line Length 4. Word Position
200
The flame of the candle danced in the wind.
personification
200
A comparison of two things using the words like or as.
simile
200
This is the central idea a story reveals about life.
Theme
200
This type of genre includes biographies and autobiographies.
Non-fiction
300
What is the rhyme scheme? Roses are red Violets are blue Sugar is sweet And so are you
ABCB
300
She smokes like a chimney!
simile
300
A group of words whose collective meaning is quite different from their individual, literal meaning.
idiom
300
This is the background of the story, which includes the time and location.
Setting
300
This is word choice. It can have a negative, positive, or neutral connotation.
Diction
400
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem: I heard a bird sing In the dark of December A magical thing And sweet to remember We are nearer to Spring Than we were in September I heard a bird sing In the dark of December
ABAB ABAB
400
The gun went POW!!
onomatopoeia
400
A comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other thing.
metaphor
400
Name one of the 3 types of author's purpose.
Persuade Informed Entertain
400
This takes two completely opposite terms and combines them into one single expression. Example: jumbo shrimp.
Oxymoron
500
A group of lines of poetry (like a paragraph)
A stanza
500
This day is taking forever to go by.
Hyperbole
500
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
personification
500
List one of the 5 things an author uses to build characterization in a character.
Thoughts Words Feelings Choices Actions
500
Name one external conflict from the book "No More Dead Dogs."
Wallace vs. Mr. Fogelman Wallace vs. Cavanaugh Wallace vs. Rachel Turner Wallace vs. his football team Wallace vs. the newspaper guy (Porker Zit)
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