Figurative language
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
Anything that stands for or represents something else.
What is symbolism?
A struggle between opposing forces.
What is conflict?
A work of literature which is not true.
What is fiction?
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
The high point in the action of the plot.
What is climax?
The giving of clues to hint at something still to come.
What is foreshadowing?
Literature that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
A piece of literature in which the author writes about their own life.
What is an autobiography?
Applies human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
Time, place, duaration of the story
What is the setting?
The repetition of consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
What is a character?
A story that uses imaginary characters and situations that mirror our world and society.
What is a realistic fiction?
A comparison not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The events following the climax of a story.
What is falling action?
The visually descriptive language that paints a picture for the reader.
What is imagery?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
A brief work of fiction that presents a sequence of events or plot.
What is short story?
Words that mimic the sound they are describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
The outcome of the conflict in a plot.
What is resolution?
A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a story.
What is a suspense?
The character or force against a main character in a story.
What is an antagonist?
Literature which tells a story set in a real place in the past or involving real people of the past.
What is historical fiction?