Literary Elements
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Literary Devices
100

 What do you call the main event?

What is Plot?

100

What is the comparison of one thing with another thing using like or as?

What is simile?

100

What is something that is huge?

What is Vast?

100

What does it mean when what happens is different from what is expected?

What is Irony?

200

What is the point when the action starts and solution is given?

What is climax?

200

What is the comparison of one thing with another thing without using like or as?

What is Metaphor?

200

What is something very strange or unusual?

What is Bizarre?

200

What does it mean when something represents a deeper meaning?

What is Symbolism?

300

Who is the person, animal, or figure represented in a story?

What is a character?

300

What is an expression of language that has a meaning that cannot be understood from the combined meaning of it's elements?

What is Idiom?

300

What does it mean to attach or fasten to something?

What is Harness?

300

What is a comparison between two things to explain something?

What is Analogy?

400

What is the time, place, and environment of the story?

What is the setting?

400

What is an extreme exaggeration?

What is Hyperbole?

400

What are a number of similar things grouped together?

What are Clusters?

400

What are persuasive writings directed to the emotions, sense of humor, or beliefs of an audience?

What are Appeals?

500

What introduces the key background information?

What is Exposition?

500

What is a reference to a famous person, place, event, or book?

What is an Allusion?

500

What is an area of rich soil where plants continue to grow?

What is a Fertile Valley?

500

What is the art of communication focused on persuading through spoken and written language?

What is Rhetorical?