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Figurative Language
Fiction
Genre and Subgenre
Sound Devices
Run-on, Fragment or Sentence
100
"The young boy squeezed the stuffed animal like a python squeezes its prey" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
100
This term refers to the events that occur in a work of fiction.
What is plot?
100
Sometimes examples of this genre explain how things began, such as the world.
What is a myth?
100
The pattern of rhyme in a poem is known as this.
What is rhyme scheme?
100
The coffee is ready, pour me a cup.
What is a run-on?
200
"James is a monkey in the classroom" is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
200
"Fight! Fight!" This literary element refers to a struggle.
What is conflict?
200
Plots in this genre are moved along chiefly through dialogue.
What is drama?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words is this.
What is alliteration?
200
Beula licked her lips as she thought about the fresh pizza baking in the next room; she could already smell the pepperoni.
What is a sentence?
300
"The pillow beckoned me to sleep upon its face" is an example of this.
What is personification?
300
"The girl shuffled quietly into the room, her hair hiding her eyes. 'I hope no one notices me,' she thought as she slid into a desk in the back row." The description in these lines would be an example of what type of characterization?
What is indirect characterization?
300
This genre combines words and sounds to create meaning.
What is poetry?
300
The repetition of vowel sounds in nonrhyming words is known as this.
What is assonance?
300
Because I said so!
What is a fragment?
400
"Her laugh is like the sound of glass shattering" is an example of this.
What is a simile?
400
This term refers to the main idea of a work of fiction. It is always stated as a complete sentence.
What is theme?
400
Usually quite long, this genre often has complex plots, many characters, several themes, and involved settings.
What is the novel?
400
Boom! Snap! Swish! are all examples of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Although I cannot remember all the words.
What is a fragment?
500
"The giant orange in the sky dripped its citrusy rays upon us" is a strange example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
500
"The teenage boy stood above the rest of his class like a Titan surrounded by children." The reference to Titan in the above sentence is an example of this.
What is an allusion?
500
Designed to be read in one sitting, this genre often has only a few characters, a simple plot, and one or two themes.
What is a short story?
500
This term is the repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words or at the ends of stressed syllables.
What is consonance?
500
Jim cried as he read the poem Stella laughed at him.
What is a run-on?