Class Procedures
Figurative Language
Plot Lines
Literary Terms
More Literary Terms
100

These two things must be written at the top of every assignment.

What is name and hour?

100

An intense over-exaggeration for the purpose of making a point.

What is hyperbole?

100

Characters and setting are two things included in this part of a plot line.

What is exposition?

100

Can be 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person.

What is a point of view?

100

The way the author feels about a subject.

What is tone?

200

During this part of each period, no one is allowed to leave the classroom.

What are the first ten and last ten minutes of class?

200

Words like pow, bang, and zap.

What are examples of onomatopoeia?

200

This literary element can be either internal or external.

What is conflict?

200

The main character in a story; can be a "good" guy or a "bad" guy.

What is a protagonist?

200

The feelings a reader experiences while reading

What is mood?

300

One week.

What is the amount of time allowed to turn in late work?

300

A comparison between two unlike objects.

What is a metaphor?

300

The turning point of the story.

What is climax?

300

This character opposes the main character.

What is an antagonist?

300

A story a person writes about their own life.

What is an autobiography?

400

The green basket.

What is the place where work must be turned in?

400

A comparison between two unlike objects that uses either the word "like" or the word "as".

What is a simile?

400

Things that take place after the climax of a story but before the end of the story.

What is falling action?

400
The act of giving human characteristics to non-human objects or actors.

What is personification?

400

Song lyrics are one example of this genre, which depends heavily on figurative language.

What is poetry?

500

Sixty minutes is required each week in this program.

What is WordFlight?

500

"It's raining cats and dogs!" is one example of this type of figurative language.

What is an idiom?

500

The ending of the story where all the loose ends are tied up.

What is resolution?

500

Persuasion method that uses logic to convince the reader.

What is logos?

500

This genre focuses on scientific or technological elements in story-telling.

What is Science Fiction?