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LIT TERMS
GENRES
VOCABULARY
NONFICTION
POETRY
100
This when one literary work makes a reference to another literary work.
What is allusion?
100
What is a story with animals and a moral
What is a fable?
100
The meaning of the words surrounding the unknown words.
What is context clues?
100
When an author shares her thoughts and feelings on a specific topic.
What is an essay?
100
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What is rhyme scheme?
200
Hints to later events.
What is foreshadowing?
200
What is a story set in the old west and the main character meets Billy the Kid and Jesse James called?
What is historical fiction?
200
The root meaning of human .
What is anthro?
200
Inform, Persuade, and Entertain.
What is author's purpose?
200
Another name for verse.
What is poetry?
300
Known as the antagonist or a foil to the protagonist
What is the complete opposite of a character?
300
What is story of a person's life told by that person.
What is an autobiography?
300
The root meaning good.
What is bene?
300
Sentence structure, word choice, and format.
What is author's style?
300
It tells a story in verse.
What is narrative poetry?
400
What is getting to know a character through his/her own words, actions and thought.
What is indirect characterization?
400
A young doctor is in danger after she discovers how to stop the aging process and the pharmacetical company is trying to have her killed.
What is science fiction?
400
The dictionary meaning of a word.
What is denotation?
400
Text books, and how-to books.
What is informational text?
400
Repetitive vowel sounds.
What is Assonance?
500
What is the author's main message about life.
What is theme?
500
A story about Billy Jo and Bobby Jo, twins from Lousiana who could wrestle 6 alligators at a time and used 60 foot pythons as bait for 3 ton catfish.
What is a tall tale?
500
The root meaning of heart.
What is cor?
500
When a person writes about a short or specific time period of their life.
What is memoir?
500
In shape of the subject.
What is concrete poetry?