Literary Terms
Poetry, Prose, and Drama are all examples of this literary term meaning a division or type of literature
What is a genre?
The part of speech containing people, places, things, and ideas
What is a noun?
"Raining on the roof all night"
What is a phrase?
A word expressing an action
What is a verb?
TIQA is an acronym for these four words
What is Topic, Introduce, Quote, Analysis?
A literary technique that compares two different things WITHOUT using words such as like or as
What is a metaphor?
The part of speech RAN is in the sentence: "She RAN away from the English Classroom"
What is a verb?
"In 2011, they made it to the State Championship for the first time"
What is an independent clause?
The two main parts of speech a subject can be
What are nouns and pronouns?
One major theme of Dragon Hoops is...
(answers may vary)
"Meow" "Clank" and "Zap" are all examples of this literary technique
What is onomatopoeia?
The adverb in the sentence "The fox quickly jumped over the lazy brown dog"
"Because you studied like an ancient monk for the quiz"
What is a dependent clause?
Parking Lot in the sentence "He crosses the PARKING LOT"
What is the object?
What is a simile?
(or what is an allegory?)
Animal Farm and The Tortoise and The Hair are both examples of this type of story
What is a Fable? or What is an allegory?
The part of speech INTO is in the sentence "He put his spoon INTO the jar of peanut butter)
What is a preposition?
"After the celebration"
What is a phrase?
Mr. Sunderland in the sentence "MR. SUNDERLAND graded the final"
What is the subject?
"I dream a world where man / No other man will scorn,
/ Where love will bless the earth / And peace its paths adorn," is a line from Langston Hughes' poem "I Dream a World." It is written in this point of view.
What is First Person POV?
The difference between denotation and connotation
What is the literal meaning behind the word and the ideas surrounding a word?
The part of speech best remembered by the acronym FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What is a coordinating conjunction?
"You are going to ace this final"
What is an independent clause?
The difference between an action verb and a linking verb
What is showing mental or physical movement vs simply connecting information?
The plot point that begins the plot and introduces the setting, characters, and basic situation
What is exposition?