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Author's Corner
Story Elements
Figurative Language 1
Figurative Language 2
Propaganda
100
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
100
The series of events that make up a story
What is plot?
100
Comparison of two unlike things using the words "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
An object, person, place, or action that represents something else
What is a symbol?
100
A technique that tries to convince the reader by saying everyone else is doing/thinking/buying something, so they should too
What is bandwagon?
200
The suggested or implied meaning of a word
What is connotation?
200
Where a story takes place
What is setting?
200
Direct comparison of two unlike things
What is metaphor?
200
The use of words or phrases that allow the reader the sensation of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste
What is imagery?
200
When someone (often famous) shares a personal story about how something affected or changed him/her
What is a testimonial?
300
An author's choice of words
What is diction?
300
Clues that hint at future events
What is foreshadowing?
300
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in lines of poetry or prose
What is alliteration?
300
A way or stressing the importance of an issue by minimizing the expression of it
What is understatement?
300
An argument that appeals to the way we feel, as opposed to factual evidence
What is an emotional appeal?
400
How the author wants the reader to feel while reading a text
What is mood?
400
The perspective from which a piece is written
What is point of view?
400
Extreme exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
400
Words whose sound suggest their meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Making the audience laugh
What is humor?
500
The author's attitude toward the text and/or reader
What is tone?
500
The person or people for whom a piece is written
What is audience?
500
When human qualities are given to non-human objects
What is personification?
500
A way of using words so that their meaning can be taken in different ways, which makes what is said humorous
What is a pun?
500
Strategies used to convince someone to do, buy, or believe something that rely on emotion and/or false evidence
What are persuasive techniques?