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Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Writing Structure
Poetry
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 main idea or main point that the author is making, or what the text is mostly about.
What is the central idea?
100

an object, person, situation, event, or action that represents something else.

What is a Symbol/Symbolism?

100
The feeling created by a piece of literature. Ex. Joyful, Mournful
What is mood?
200
Direct comparison Ex. "The front is a cage."
What is a metaphor?
200

A Character's attitude, emotions, temperament, etc.

What is Personality Traits

200

An Anecdote (personal story), Question, Fact, Statistic used in your writing

What is an attention grabber

200

Phrasing that goes beyond the literal meaning of words to get a message or point across. 

(Ex: simile, idiom, metaphor, etc)

What is figurative language?

200
The author/speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
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
The act of coming to a conclusion based on facts or making and educated guess.
What is an inference?
300
What is the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
When a character struggles with an internal or external force.
What is a conflict?
400
A statement that is not meant to be taken literally. Ex. "Are you pulling my leg?"
What is an idiom?
400

Height, Age, Hair Color, Etc.

What is Physical Character Traits

400

Introduces what will be discussed in a paragraph

What is a topic sentence

400
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another. broken baby bottle
What is alliteration?
400
When two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect Ex. Living death, jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
500
Extreme exaggeration. Ex. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."
What is a hyperbole?
500
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
500

Crediting the author for information you used

What is a citation

500
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What are couplets?
500
A brief and sometimes witty story that focuses on a single interesting event, often in order to make a point or teach a moral lesson.
What is an anecdote?