A lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed.
What is Sonnet?
100
The story of a person's life written by himself or herself
What is Autobiography?
100
Perspective from which a story is told
What is Point of View (POV)?
100
One of two or more words pronounced alike, but different in spelling or meaning (e.g., hair/hare)
What is Homophone?
200
The rhyme scheme of Limerick
What is aabba?
200
Narrative intended to convey a moral. Animals or inanimate objects with human characteristics often serve as characters in these.
What is Fable?
200
In this POV the main character "tells" the story and may offer opinions about the action and characters that differ from those of the author.
What is first person point of view?
200
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., She eats like a bird.).
What is Simile?
300
Any story that is the product of imagination rather than a documentation of fact. Characters and events in such narratives may be based in real life but their ultimate form and configuration is a creation of the author.
What is Fiction?
300
The narrative perspective from which a literary work is presented to the reader from a "godlike" perspective, unrestricted by time or place, from which to see actions and look into the minds of characters.
What is Omniscient POV?
300
An object or abstract idea given human qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.).
What is Personification?
400
A story about mythical or supernatural beings or events, or a story coming down from the past, especially one popularly regarded as historical although not verifiable.
What is Legend?
400
The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result
What is Irony?
500
The use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning. In its simplest sense, onomatopoeia may be represented by words that mimic the sounds they denote such as "hiss" or "meow”.