"Don't just sit there like a bump on a log." This is an example of ______________.
What is Simile?
100
A poem with words that start with the first letter og the subject.
What is alliteration?
100
A short story with characters, setting, conflict, and plot.
What is a Narrative Poem?
100
The authors attitude about his/her topic.
What is Tone?
100
Humorous story with extreme exaggeration, the main character hero, usually does impossible things with ease.
What is a Tall Tale?
200
A word phrase which means something different from its literal term.
What is an Idiom?
200
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
What is rhyme scheme?
200
A short poem that expresses feelings and thoughts in a musical way.
What is a Lyric Poem?
200
The message the author is trying to convey.
What is Theme?
200
A story that has magical elements, the characters are usually fairies, giants, elves, and other magical creatures.
What is Fairy Tale?
300
"John's suggestion was just a Band-Aid." This is an example of a ________.
What is a Metaphor?
300
The action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
What is repetition?
300
A poem that is a song.
What is Ballad?
300
The atmosphere of a piece of writing and its emotions.
What is mood?
300
A brief story that is meant to tell a lesson or a moral. The characters are usually animals with human characteristics.
What is Fable?
400
"My mom is going to kill me!" This is an example of __________.
What is hyperbole?
400
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what its named.
What is Onomatopoeia?
400
A type of lyric poem that expresses death and sadness.
What is an Elegy?
400
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter.
What is the authors point of view?
400
A story that is often bases on a historical event meant to serve as an explanation for some phenomenon of nature or human behavior: characters are usually gods.
What is Mythology?
500
A comparison between two things.
What is an Analogy?
500
An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
What is Connotation?
500
A type of lyric poem about about an important person, place, or thing.
What is Ode?
500
The presentation of details, characters, or events in a narrative in such way later events prepare people for the event.