a comparison of one thing to another in order to make description more vivid; it actually states that one thing is the other
What is Metaphor
100
a fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
What is Novel
100
A type or category of literature or film marked by certain shared features or conventions.
What is Genres
100
Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record of things as they actually happened
What is Fiction?
100
Persons—or animals or natural forces represented as persons—in a work of literature. Characters may be static (stay the same) or dynamic (undergo a change in personality or attitude) and flat (merely sketched out often stereotypical or stock) or round (more fully developed).
What is Character
200
a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience.
What is Simile
200
a book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject.
What is Textbook
200
fiction dealing with the solution of a crime or the unraveling of secrets
What is Mystery
200
Prose that deals with real events and people, not with imagined events and imagined people.
What is Non-fiction?
200
the main character or speaker in a poem, monologue, play, or story
What is Protagonist
300
deliberate and extravagant exaggeration
What is Hyperbole
300
an article published in a magazine
What is Magazine article
300
scripted fiction told visually in artist drawn pictures, usually in panels and speech bubbles
What is Comic/Graphic Novel
300
story based on impact of actual, imagined, or potential science, usually set in the future or on other planets
What is Science fiction?
300
Point of view where an “I” tells the story. This “I” is usually a character in the story. Our perception of all the other characters and events in the story is limited to the way this one character sees them and tells us about them.
What is First-Person
400
the use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
What is Imagery
400
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
What is Editorial
400
a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
What is Cartoon
400
story with fictional characters and events in a historical setting
What is Historical fiction?
400
Point of view where the writer tells the story from the vantage point of one character
What is Limited third-person
500
a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature - usually implied rather than explicit and often provides another layer of meaning to what is being said
What is Allusion
500
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is Encyclopedia
500
story about fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children
What is Fairy tale
500
story that is true to life
What is Realistic fiction?
500
A person or thing that opposes the protagonist or
hero/heroine of a story