VOCABULARY
SHORT STORIES
LITERARY TERMS
ENGLISH REVIEW
ENGLISH REVIEW 2
100

What part of speech is PRETTY?

ADJECTIVE

100

What is where/when a story takes place?

SETTING

100

A direct comparison with an object (does not use like or as). For example, "This is the icing on the cake" or "I am titanium" 

METAPHOR

100

What is the main idea of a sentence?

SUBJECT
100

Who is the main character in a story?

PROTAGONIST 

200

A person, place, or thing is what part of speech?

a noun

200

What does TONE mean?

the author's attitude in a story

200

A word used to describe an extreme exaggeration.

HYPERBOLE

200

A word that describes a noun 

ADJECTIVE

200

A word that has the same meaning.

SYNONYM

300

What is an antonym?

The opposite of a word.

300

What is a main idea or concept that repeats throughout a story?

THEME

300

IDENTIFY THE LITERARY TECHNIQUE:

The wind was howling during the storm

PERSONIFICATION

300

A word that describes a verb

ADVERB 

300
A story written about someone's life.

BIOGRAPHY

400

This word is when author's give human characteristics to something nonhuman.

What is personification?

400

What is the turning point of a story called on the plot diagram?

Climax

400

What word is a comparison that uses like or as?

SIMILE

400

List at least one FIRST PERSON PRONOUN

I, ME, OR MY

400

 Words taken from text to support an idea.

TEXT EVIDENCE

500
What is the word to describe the way a word sounds?

What is an onomatopoeia? 

500

How many parts are on the plot diagram?

5 (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). 

500

Identify the literary technique:

I'm so hungry that I could eat a horse.

HYPERBOLE

500

A story that has made up characters and events.

FICTION

500

A guess to what will happen next in a story.

PREDICTION.