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literary elements
genres
poetry
story elements
potpouri
100
This compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
100
This is a type of story that is true.
What is nonfiction?
100
This type of poem is three lines and has three lines and a certain amount of syllables in each line.
What is a haiku?
100
This is what happens in a story.
What is the plot?
100
This is a story that is told from generation to generation.
What is a folk tale?
200
This compares two unlike things using the words is, was, are or were.
What is a metaphor?
200
This type of story is made up.
What is fiction?
200
This is when the ending word sounds the same in another line.
What is a rhyme?
200
This is the time and place of the story.
What is setting?
200
This is a story that has "stretched" the truth to no longer be true.
What is a tall tale?
300
This is a surprise ending in a story.
What is irony?
300
This is a life story written by the author.
What is an autobiography?
300
This is when lines in the poem have a certain pattern or number of syllables.
What is rhythm or meter?
300
This is the message or lesson of the story.
What is theme?
300
This is a story with a hero and cultural details and fantastic elements.
What is a legend?
400
This is the use of the five senses in a story.
What is imagery?
400
This type of story is fiction and has some aspect of science.
What is science fiction?
400
This is a type of poetry with no set rules for writing.
What is free verse?
400
This is how the author feels about the subject of the story.
What is tone?
400
This is the people or animals in the story.
What is a character?
500
This is taking an inanimate object and having it do what a person does.
What is personification?
500
All plays fit into this genre.
What is drama?
500
This is a poem that tells a story.
What is a narrative poem?
500
This is how the reader feels about the story.
What is mood?
500
This is the problem in the story.
What is a conflict?