Figurative Language
Plot
Poetry
Parts of speech
Genres
100

A comparison using Like or as

Simile

100

The beginning of a plot pyramid where things are explained and the world is built

Exposition

100

A paragraph in a poem

Stanza

100

What is the term for a word that describes a noun

adjective

100

A literary genre that is meant to change someone's mind

Argumentative/persuasive

200

It is raining cats and dogs

Idiom

200

The ending of a text where all of the problems have been solved

Resolution

200

The poet's message that he is trying to get the reader to understand.

Theme

200

what is the term for a word that describes a verb

adverb

200

A genre that relies heavily on figurative language and imagery

Poetry

300

He was a tower among the other students

Metaphor

300

The central issue in a story that needs to be resolved

Conflict

300

How the poet or author wants you to feel about a subject

mood

300

what is the term for a word like and, but, so

conjunction

300

a genre that did not really happen

Fiction

400

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Alliteration

400

The point of highest action in a story

Climax

400

The river ran dry

I cannot understand why

The rain fell on my head

It can never be said

What is the rhyme scheme

abab

400

What type of language is meant to not be taken literally

figurative

400

A story about someone's life written by someone else

Biography

500

The sun shattered my morning into pieces as it rose into the sky

Personification

500

The point of the text in which the climax has occurred and the problem is beginning to be solved.

Falling action

500

How many lines are in a Haiku?

3

500

Language that means exactly what it says

Literal

500

A story about someone's life written by themself

autobiography