The use of words to create vivid pictures in the mind of the reader. They may not be literally true.
What is figurative language?
100
A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a stanza?
100
A character that plays a prominent role in a literary work.
What is a main character?
100
One of two or more words that have a highly similar meaning (like "grip" and "grasp").
What is a synonym?
100
A conclusion derived from facts or premises.
What is an inference?
200
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using the words like or as, such as, "my brother eats like a pig."
What is a simile?
200
A pattern of repeated cadence or accent in speech or text.
What is rhythm?
200
The feeling(s) the text arouses in the reader (e.g. happiness, sadness, anger).
What is mood?
200
A word part added to the beginning of a word which changes its meaning (e.g. re-, mis-, un-).
What is a prefix?
200
A figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics or powers.
What is personification?
300
Using a word whose pronunciation suggests its meaning, such as "meow" or "buzz."
What is onomatopoeia?
300
Identical or similar recurring final sounds within or at the ends of lines of verse.
What is rhyme?
300
To use examples to show how things are similar and different, with an emphasis on similarities.
What is compare?
300
A word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. "wet" and "dry").
What is an antonym?
300
A belief or conclusion not supported by evidence or facts.
What is an opinion?
400
A phrase or expression that means something different from what the words actually say, such as, "let the cat out of the bag."
What is an idiom?
400
A narrative poem, usually about the adventures and heroic deeds of a folk hero (e.g. Homer's "Illiad").
What is an epic?
400
The concept, thought, notion, or impression that is of greatest importance or influence.
What is the main idea?
400
Words with the same pronunciation but with different meanings, different parts of speech, and usually different spellings.
What are homonyms or homophones?
400
A persuasive technique that tries to get people to follow the crowd by using the logical fallacy that, since, "everyone else likes it," it much be good.
What is bandwagon?
500
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things in which no word of comparison is used.
What is a metaphor?
500
A light, humorous, five-line verse with an aabba rhyme pattern.
What is a limerick?
500
The action or sequence of events that make up a story. It usually is made up of five basic elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the plot?
500
A non-word letter or goup of letters added to a root or stem to change its meaning or function, it could be a prefix or a suffix.
What is an affix?
500
The problem(s) or struggle(s) between or among opposing forces that trigger(s) the action in literature (e.g. person vs. person, person vs. nature, person vs. self, person vs. society).