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Literary Terms I
Poetic Terms
Literary Terms II
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Genres
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What is dialogue?
A conversation between characters.
100
What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using like or as.
100
Who is the narrator?
A speaker or character who tells a story.
100
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun.
100
What is genre?
A category or type of literature.
200
What is tone?
The writer's attitude toward his/her audience and subject.
200
What is simile?
A figure of speech in which like or as is used to make a comparison between two basically unlike ideas.
200
What is plot?
Sequence of events in a work of fiction.
200
What is nonfiction?
Articles that are real and true. "NOT FAKE"
200
What is nonfiction?
Prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people.
300
What is imagery?
The descriptive or figurative language used in literature to create pictures in the reader's mind.
300
What is personification?
Type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
300
What is theme?
The central message of a work of literature.
300
What is the main idea?
What a passage or article is mostly about.
300
What is fiction?
Most stories fall into this genre, which means that the text is made-up or a product of the imagination.
400
What is character motivation?
A reason that explains or partially explains why a character thinks, feels, acts, or behaves in a certain way
400
What is alliteration?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
400
What is dialect?
The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
400
What is a proper noun?
The name of a person, place or thing.
400
What is historical fiction?
Fictional stories based on or around real people, places, and events from the past.
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What is foreshadowing?
Clues in a work of fiction that allude to events that have yet to occur.
500
What is onomatopoeia?
The use of words that imitate sounds.
500
What is conflict?
A struggle between opposing forces.
500
What is a hyperbole?
A phrase or sentence that is very exaggerated.
500
What is a myth?
Stories with gods and/or goddesses that usually account for the creation of something.