Literary Terms
What is the literary term that is associated with making a sound?
What would the “peak” of the story be called?
Climax
A story meant to amuse the reader.
Entertain
What is a a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse
Stanza
What genre does “To Kill a Mockingbird” fall in?
Fiction
The example below would be what literary term “The tallest building in the town is the library - It has thousands of stories.”
Pun
The end of the story, it’s where all the questions are answered and all loose ends of the story are tied up, what structure would this be?
Resolution
A Story that is meant to tell the reader something they may not know.
Inform
What is a poem or song narrating a story?
Ballad
What is a legend or traditional narrative, often based on historical events, that reveals human behavior?
Mythology
What term uses symbols to represent ideas or qualities?
Symbolism
What is a struggle or clash of interest, opinion, or principles? Is known as a disagreement or an argument.
Conflict
A story that is meant to make the reader think, do, or believe a different way.
Persuade
What is the repetition of syllables, typically at the end of a verse line.
What kind of narration demonstrates a useful truth?
Fable
What term substitutes words that are considered “harsh” or “emotional”
Euphemism
What is a side story that runs parallel to the main plot?
Subplot
Which author´s purpose are textbooks, guidebooks, journal articles, and news articles?
Inform
What kind of verse structure is the line below?
“Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
Couplet
a genre that has Full-length novels with plot, subplot, theme, and major and minor characters in which the narrative is presented in verse form.
Fiction In Verse
The example below is what kind of literary term? “All that I know is that I know nothing.”
Paradox
What is a story structure where the writer incorporates two or more separate stories?
Parallel Plot
Which author´s purpose is the ¨I Have a Dream” Speech?
Persuade
What is a six-lined poem?
Siset
What is it called when factual information is presented in a format which tells a story?
Narrative Nonfiction