Literary Terms
Words and Vocabulary
literary genres
Famous Books and Authors
Potpouri
100

This figure of speech involves the attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities. 

Answer: What is personification?

100

A self-contradictory statement that defies logic. This is an  apparent contradiction.

What is PAradoxically?

100

This literary genre often features fantastical elements, magical creatures, and imaginary worlds. 

What is fantasy?

100

"To Be or not to Be" is a line in this famous play.

what is HAmlet

100

This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list, and it can also be used before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences.

 What is the comma?

200

This literary device involves the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

What is alliteration?

200

Unscrmable the word: RTPTURUIISOE

Surreptitious

200

This genre typically involves stories set in the past and often focuses on historical events or figures.

What is historical fiction?

200

This novel takes place in Afghanistan with 2 unlkely friends. 

WHAT IS THE novel, Kite Runner.

200

Spell a word that is a synonym for freezing and it is not cold.

What is frigid.

300

: This literary device involves the use of contradictory terms or ideas placed together to create a paradoxical effect.

What is oxymoron?

300

Harsh sounds clammered together

What is cacophonous?

300

Non-fiction typically aims to present topics objectively based on historical, scientific, and empirical information.

What is Non-fiction?

300

This american female author made confessional prose and poetry, and died at a young age.

WHO IS Sylvia PLath?

300

In this famous play, two young teens, from warring families, fall in love.

What is Romeo and Juliet.

400

Swoosh , eeeeek, bang. oink, Crash!

What  are examples of  onomatopoeia?

400

Talking to a person who is not present or to a personified object.

What is apostrophe?

400

A form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as imagery, symbolism, and metre.

What is poetry?

400

This British author is famous for his epic fantasy series "The Lord of the Rings."

Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?

400

Ms. Poe's favorite author since 3rd Grade.

Edgar A. Poe

500

The sky was a clear azure, dotted with fluffy, white clouds.”

What s imagery?

500

The emotion or feeling that readers get from reading the words on a page.

What is Mood.

500

 a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.  

What is SCIENCE FICTION?

500

This Female author used her initials for her world wide famous Book series, which then became a movie series.

Who is Sylvia Plath?

500

Spell the word that means:

assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way. 


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