Figurative language
Story Elements
Parts of a Poem
Misc. Terms
100

Comparison using like or as

What is a simile?

100
A one sentence summary.
What is the main idea?
100

A group of lines in a poem (similar to a paragraph in a story)

What is a stanza?

100

The type of author's purpose where the author is trying to get the reader to try or do something?

What is to persuade?

200

An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.

What is a hyperbole?

200

An individual in a literary work whose thoughts and feelings actions, and reactions who moves the plot forward.

What is a character?

200

the pattern of unstressed or stressed syllables in a line of poetry

What is rhythm?

200

The sequence of events that take place in literature.

What is plot?

300

Applies human characteristics to non-human things.

What is personification?

300
Time, place, duaration of the story
What is the setting?
300

A regular pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry

What is meter?

300

The qualities that make an individual who he/she is.

What is personality?

400

A comparison not using like or as.

What is a metaphor?

400
basic truth or moral of the story.
What is the theme?
400

the repetition of the same or similar sounds in a poet (hat, cat)

What is rhyme?

400

The character who works against the main character  in a story.

What is the antagonist?

500

The use of words where the sound suggests the sense.  BANG!

What is onomatopoeia?

500

The main character in a story

What is the protagonist?

500

the pattern formed by the rhyming words at the end of the line in a poem?

What is rhyme scheme?

500

The type of author's purpose where the author is trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention.

What is entertain?