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Application of Literature Terms
Literature Terms 1
Literature Terms 2
Literature Terms 3
Mixed Bag
100
The loss or absence of a loved one can be met with hope and satisfaction through dreams and determination.
What is Theme?
100
The point in the story where the main problem with be resolved one way or another - often but not always - the most exciting part of the story.
What is the climax?
100
Time and place of the story
What is "the setting"
100
A group of lines that make up a section of a poem - often considered to be similar to that of a "paragraph" found in prose.
What a "stanza"
100
Ms. Cochran's number one rule.
What is "Be kind to each other"
200
Dave introduces Jimmy to Steve and says, "It's ok, he's cool"
What is connotation?
200
A comparison of two unlike things using "like or as".
What is a simile?
200
The good guy in the story who puts himself at risk for another
What is a Hero?
200
Something that stands for something else - often representing an idea, belief, or feeling?
What is a symbol?
200
1-2-3- lunch detention
What is Ms. Cochran's signal to be quiet or pay attention.
300
The wind is blowing the sky is dark and stormy snow falls silently (Daily Double)
What is a Haiku
300
A comparison of two unlike things where one thing is said to be the other.
What is a metaphor?
300
Fiction
What is a story that is made up - not real
300
a problem in a story
What is a conflict?
300
January 6, 2015
What is The first day of school after Winter Break.
400
The Joker in Batman.
Who is the antagonist
400
The giving of human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification?
400
The series of events that make up a story
What is plot?
400
The repetition of the same consonant sound written close together -often found in a line of poetry
What is alliteration?
400
A warning your parent has to sign when you are off task or disrupting the class
What is an "Uh Oh"
500
The movie "Back to the Future" has a lot of these.
What is a flashback?
500
A sudden realization.
What is an epiphany?
500
A very short story that teaches a lesson whose characters are usually animals
What is a fable?
500
Words that sound like what they represent.
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
When you believe that your brain (intelligence) can grow.
What is a "Growth Mindset"?