Elements (definitions)
Devices (definitions)
Identify the Device
Grammar
Vocabulary
100

the sequence of events that develops a story

What is Plot?

100

a figurative comparison between two things that are otherwise unrelated

What is Metaphor?

100

Yesterday, I must have had 1,000 cups of coffee.

What is Hyperbole?

100

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What is a semicolon?

100

This prefix means "before"

What is "pre-" or "pro-"

200

the time and place in which a story happens

What is Setting?

200

repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds

What is Alliteration?

200
Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on.

What is Simile?

200
a word that describes a noun

What is an adjective?

200

deify

a) worship, regard, or treat (someone or something) as a god.

b) cancel or reverse the effects or results of (a previous action or measure).

What is A?

300

may be internal or external

What is Conflict?

300

the use of words or images to represent specific concepts, people, objects, or events

What is Symbolism?

300

Laughter is the best medicine.

What is Metaphor?

300

first person singular form of "to be" (present tense)

What is "am?"
300

bias

a) a fundamental truth that serves as the foundation for a system of belief

b) a preconception that prevents objectivity


What is B?

400

the emotional response that the writer wishes to evoke in the reader

What is Mood?

400

a narrative device in which hints or warnings are given to suggest later events in the story

What is Foreshadowing?

400

interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or literary work) by interjection of events of earlier occurrence

What is a flashback Flashback

400


The group of students (study / studies) language.

What is studies?

400

This suffix means "state of being"

What is "-ness"

(as in sadness, brightness)

500

the writer's attitude toward the subject, audience, or character

What is Tone?

500

The message in a story, not stated but implied. 

What is the theme 

500

The heart wants what it wants - or else it does not care

What is Personification?

500

a term used for a specific person, place, or thing (spelled with initial capital letters)

What is a Proper Noun?

500
refute


a) to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect


b) to repeat a process of searching

What is A?