Literary Terms
This is the time and place in which a story takes place.
What is the setting?
“She was as busy as a bee” is an example of this comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This student was born the day after the 4th of July.
Who is Albert?
This genre is made up and not based on real events.
What is fiction?
The Hunger Games take place in this dystopian nation.
What is Panem?
This person tells the story and may be a character or an outside observer.
Who is the narrator?
Who are Tiffany and Dennisha?
A story told using “I” is written in this point of view.
What is first person?
This person has the only birthday in April.
Who is Avery?
The Hunger Games were created to punish the districts for this.
What is rebelling against the Capitol?
A struggle between two opposing forces in a story is known as this.
What is conflict?
“The wind whispered through the trees” is this type of figurative language.
What is personification?
This student's middle name is the same name as a popular flower.
Who is Kallie?
This person's birthday is August 4th.
Who is Ms. D?
This person's middle name is Mark.
Who is Landen?
This person was born in Rhode Island.
Who is Jenni?
This extreme exaggeration shows strong emotion or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This point of view gives instructions using “you.”
What is second person?
This structure shows how two or more things are similar and different.
What is compare and contrast?
These two people have a middle name in common.
Who are Alexia and Ariana?
This person was born in Pottsville.
Who is Carlos?
This person was born two days after Thanksgiving, the year he was born. (Because Thanksgving falls on a different day each year.)
Who is Camryi?
This student's middle name begins with a Z.
Who is Aby?
This person doesn't have a middle name.
The Capitol’s yearly broadcast of the Games is an example of this type of control in the media.
What is propaganda?