Books
A synonym for form or type when referring to books.
What is genre?
Language that mentions, explains, or describes the five senses
What is imagery?
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as
metaphor
A narrative in which situation and characters are invented by the writer
What is fiction?
A person in a story or poem
What is a character?
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect
What is hyperbole?
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two seemingly unlike things using like or as
simile
Writing that deals with real people, things, events, and places
What is non-fiction?
The "villain" of the story.
Antagonist
Giving a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
personification
An account of an individual's life, written by another person
What is biography?
The attitude of the author toward his audience and characters
tone
Using any object, person, place, or experience that means more than what it is, it stands for something else
symbolism
A phrase or expression that does not mean what it literally says
idiom
The feeling created by a literary work or passage
MOOD
The overall message, or universal statement the author is conveying.
theme
the creation of words that imitate natural sounds
ex BUZZ, PEW PEW!
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