Literary Terms
This term describes the central message or point to a literary work.
What is theme?
This author created the place, "Hogwarts."
Who is J.K. Rowling?
This part of speech describes a noun that can be an adjective or an adverb?
What is a modifier?
In this story, a boy discovers he is a wizard on his 11th birthday.
What is Harry Potter?
This word means to express disapproval or criticism.
What is condemn?
This figure of speech compares two unlike things using 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile?
This American author is extremely well know for his horror stories, including 'The Shining,' and 'IT.'
Who is Stephen King?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
This book features a young girl who navigates life in a dystopian society controlled by a totalitarian regime.
What is 'The Hunger Games'.
This term refers to a person who studies or is an expert in a particular field.
What is a specialist?
This term refers to the time and place in which a story occurs.
What is setting?
This author wrote, 'The Outsiders,' focusing on teenage struggles.
Who is S.E. Hinton?
This term refers to the form of a verb that shows ongoing action.
What is a present participle?
This novel by Madeleine L'Engle features Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe as they travel through space and time to rescue Meg's father from an evil force.
What is, 'A Wrinkle in Time'?
This word means to make something clear or easy to understand.
What is clarify?
This literary device gives human traits to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
This British author wrote 'Pride and Prejudice.'
Who is Jane Austen?
This type of word connects clauses or sentences.
What is a conjunction?
This fantasy novel by J.R.R. Tolkien follows the journey of a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins as he embarks on an adventure with a group of dwarves to reclaim their treasure from the dragon Smaug.
What is, 'The Hobbit'?
This term describes something that is not genuine or is a copy.
What is a counterfeit?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
This author is famous for the 'Chronicles of Narnia' series.
Who is C.S. Lewis?
This part of speech describes a noun and can answer questions like, 'which one?' or 'how many.'
What is an adjective?
In this science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, a young boy named Ender Wiggin is recruited to a military school in space to prepare for an impending alien invasion.
What is, 'Ender's Game'?
This word means to take back or withdraw something.
What is retract?