Literary Terms
Poetic Justice
Grammar
Stories and Authors
Lady Luck
100
The time and place of the action
What is setting?
100
Each line in a poem
What is a verse?
100
Words that describe nouns
What is an adjective?
100
Short story by science fiction writer Ray Bradbury set in the future after a nuclear explosion.
What is "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains"?
100
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
200
Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is a metaphor?
200
Formal division of lines/verses in a poem
What is a stanza?
200
Words that describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs?
What is an adverb?
200
Humorous short story about a naughty child.
What is "Charles" by Shirley Jackson?
200
The high point/peak of interest or suspense
What is climax?
300
Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification?
300
The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem.
What is a speaker?
300
Different words expressing the same meaning
What is a synonym?
300
A short story that explores the conflict between love and pride in a relationship between two siblings.
What is "The Scarlet Ibis"?
300
A speaker or character who tells a story.
What is a narrator?
400
The literary use of clues that suggest events that have yet to happen.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The pattern of rhymes in the words that end the verses of each stanza
What is rhyme scheme?
400
The rule that if your subject is singular then the verb should also be singular.
What is subject-verb agreement? (kongruens)
400
An American poet, social activist, novelist and playwright
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
Anything that stands for or represents something else
What is a symbol?
500
Comparison using "as" or "like"
What is a simile?
500
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of a series of words (for example "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers").
What is alliteration? (bogstavrim)
500
A group of words that can only be used in singular and cannot be counted.
What is uncountable nouns? (utællelige substantiver)
500
The Nobel Laureate in literature 1991
Who is Nadine Gordimer?
500
A conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
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