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Figurative Language
Fiction Terms
Nonfiction Terms
Poetry Terms
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
Clues that hint at what is going to happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200

The definition of "evaluate"

What is judge?

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

A universal message about life

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?" or "It's raining cats and dogs!"

What is an idiom?

400

A reference to a person, place, or another work of literature. Ex. Their backyard is like the Garden of Eden.

What is an allusion?

400

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

What is text structure?

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

The emotions that are associated with a word's meaning

What is connotation?

500

The use of persuasion particularly in a speech

What is rhetoric?

500
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What are couplets?
500

A claim that is supported by reasons and evidence.

What is an argument?