American Literature

Personal Narrative

100

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN TWO OR MORE CHARACTERS ARE SPEAKING IN A STORY?

DIALOGUE

200

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE NARRATOR DESCRIBES WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT THE READER CAN VISUALIZE AND IMAGINE THE STORY?

DESCRIPTION

300

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN THE NARRATOR LOOKS BACK ON SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO LEARN OR MAKE MEANING FROM IT?

REFLECTION

400

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT MAKE UP A STORY?

PLOT

500

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A UNIVERSAL IDEA OR LESSON WHICH IS CENTRAL TO A STORY?

THEME

Poetry

100

"Your eyes are like the stars." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?

SIMILE

200

Sylvia Plath describes her pregnancy by writing, "I have eaten a bag of green apples." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?

METAPHOR

300

"A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;" THESE LINES CONTAIN AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?

PERSONIFICATION

400

THE RAVEN IN EDGAR ALLAN POE'S POEM REPRESENTS THE SPEAKER'S DEPRESSION. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT LITERARY DEVICE?

SYMBOL

500

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?

LITERAL IS ACTUALLY 100% TRUE. IT HAPPENED. FIGURATIVE IS NOT TRUE EXCEPT IN SOME ABSTRACT SENSE.

Grammar

100

Eating whoopie pies all day. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?

FRAGMENT

200

WHAT DO WE CALL A GROUP OF WORDS THAT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN AS A FULL SENTENCE?

INDEPENDENT CLAUSE

300

I am a teenager, obviously I like hanging out with my friends. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON

RUN-ON

400

Although it is snowing, we still have school today. SENTENCE, FRAGMENT, OR RUN-ON?

SENTENCE

500

THERE ARE FOUR MAIN WAYS TO FIX A RUN-ON SENTENCE. NAME THREE OF THEM.

BREAK IT UP WITH A PERIOD. USE A COMMA AND A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION. USE A SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION. USE A SEMICOLON.