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Literary Devices
Figurative Language
Poetry
Fictional Story Elements
Misc.
100
The use of concrete items to represent ideas.
What is symbolism?
100
A comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
100
A group of lines in a poem.
What is a stanza?
100
On a plot diagram, the events leading up to the climax.
What is rising action?
100
Written instructions in a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.
What is stage direction?
200
When an author gives a clue to hint at what is yet to come.
What is foreshadowing?
200
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech.
What is a hyperbole?
200
When the poet is intentionally unclear about the meaning or intention of his/her words.
What is ambiguity?
200
The four types of conflict.
What is man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. nature, and man vs. society?
200
The term used for the main character in a fictional story.
What is protagonist?
300
When a character thinks back on an earlier time to give the reader prior information
What is a flashback?
300
Applying human characteristics to an object or animal.
What is personification?
300
Two contrasting statements or ideas put together to create emphasis.
What is antithesis?
300
What the author wants to reader to take away from his/her work. The overall message of the story.
What is the theme?
300
Sarcasm is another word for this type of irony.
What is verbal irony?
400
When what happens is opposite of what is expected.
What is irony?
400
The car dared me to drive faster.
What is personification?
400
The poet whose work is alluded to in the title of the play "A Raisin in the Sun."
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
The three types of point of view you need to know in the 8th grade.
What is first person, third person omniscient, and third person limited?
400
The feeling or mood derived from a word. For example, "sunshine" gives us a happy ____________.
What is connotation?
500
When he looked at the Statue of Liberty, he knew all would be okay. This is an example of what?
What is symbolism?
500
A comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as".
What is metaphor?
500
A traditional form of Japanese poetry that consists of three lines.
What is a haiku?
500
This is usually described in the introduction/exposition of a story along with the main characters.
What is the setting?
500
When authors refer to a famous poem, person, movie, etc. in order to make a connection.
What is an allusion?