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Fiction/Non-Fic.
Poetry
Literary Elements
DUH!
English Musts!
100
This type of Literary non-fiction has an author writing about another author
What is a biography?
100
paragraph in a poem
What is a stanza?
100
This compares 2 unlike things using the words like or as
What is a simile?
100
scared and unafraid are examples of this
What is an antonym
100
The words for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so are examples
What are conjunctions?
200
These are the two types of conflict
What are internal and external conflict?
200
A poem with 3 lines with a specific number of syllables (5-7-5)
What is a Haiku?
200
These are the people or animals in a story
What are characters?
200
The settings, characters and hint of conflict are revealed during this part of a plot
What is exposition?
200
These words take the place of a nouns
What are pronouns?
300
The events in a story
What is plot?
300
This is the use of a word or phrase again and again
What is repetition?
300
the endings -er and the word more
What is a comparative adjective?
300
This is a story with a hero that is larger than life
What is legend?
300
this type of sentence asks a questions
What is an interrogative sentence?
400
This is the problem of a story?
What is conflict?
400
Author's use this poetic device to paint a picture in the reader's mind using the 5 senses
What is imagery?
400
A speech in which a character speaks to a "silent" listener
What is monologue?
400
A coversation between characters
What is dialogue?
400
A traditional story that was created to explain mysteries of the universe
What is a myth?
500
This is the central idea or lesson of a story
What is theme?
500
The use of words that sound like what they mean; a poetic device to produce this effect( e.g.:buzz, purr)
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A kind of Literature that is written to be performed by actors for an audience
What is drama?
500
Finger is to hand as toe is to foot is an example of
What is an analogy?
500
to link religion or culture, to explain nature, to entertain, and to teach about life
What are the 4 purposes for writing myths, legends or tales?