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Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Rhetorical Devices
Grammar and Punctuation
Wild Card
100
A comparison using "like" or "as" Ex. "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What is a simile?
100
A conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
100

The deliberate use of the same word or phrase multiple times to emphasize a point or create rhythm.

What is repetition?

100

A word that describes an action

What is a verb?

100
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
200
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage."
What is a metaphor?
200

Actions and description that tells the reader what a character is like

What is characterization?

200

persuasion based on a sense of right and wrong, or persuasion based on trustworthiness.

What is ethos?

200

A punctuation mark that indicates a short pause in a sentence

What is a comma?

200
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
300
Gives human characteristics to non-humans. Ex. "The trees whispered in the breeze."
What is personification?
300

The moral or lesson that the story is trying to teach/convey.

What is theme?

300
A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. In Persepolis, Marji talks about listening to Kim Wilde & Iron Maiden.
What is an allusion?
300

A word that connects two parts of a sentence (FANBOYS)

What is a conjunction?

300
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is an inference?
400

Using language that appeals to the five senses to create a picture in the reader's mind

What is imagery?

400
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The use of a question for persuasion that doesn't really need to be answered by the reader.
What is a rhetorical question?
400

An incomplete sentence

What is a fragment?

400

How a passage is organized. Ex. Compare and contrast, cause and effect, etc.

What is text structure?

500
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
500

The positive or negative feelings/emotions that are associated with a word.

What is connotation?

500

 A comparison between two different things that highlights a similarity, often used to explain or clarify a concept.

What is an analogy?

500

A group of words that contains a subject and verb

What is an independent clause?

500

A logical fallacy that states you should do something because everyone else it doing it

What is a bandwagon fallacy?