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Parts of Speech
Literary Elements
Literature or Non-fiction
Writing
Literary Devices
100
person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun?
100
the "where" and "when" a story takes place
What is the setting?
100
the overall "feeling" of the story
What is the mood
100
the "attention getter" in the introduction
What do we call the hook?
100
"as sly as a fox"
What is a simile
200
a word that replaces a noun
What is a pronoun
200
the highest point in a story called?
What is climax
200
Someone has written a story about someone else
What is a biography?
200
the main point of the paper called
What is the thesis?
200
my niece is an angel
What is a metaphor
300
A word that describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
300
the lesson to be learned in a story
What is theme
300
the author's overall attitude
What is the tone
300
type of writing tries to explain something
What is expository
300
"the moon smiled upon us"
What is personification
400
a word that connects a subject with a word that describes or identifies it
What is a linking verb
400
the events leading up to the climax
What is rising action
400
in literature, the two most common points of view
What is first and third
400
type of writing that tells a story
What is narrative
400
"it's raining cats and dogs"
What is an idiom
500
must have taken
What is a verb phrase
500
the part at the beginning of the story that introduces the characters, setting, etc.
What is exposition
500
the four purposes for an author of non-fiction
What are to reflect, inform, entertain and persuade
500
type of writing that states a claim and supports it
What is argument
500
a play on words
What is a pun