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A story of the writer's own life, told by the writer.
What is autobiography
100
A group of lines of poetry that are usually similar in length and pattern and are separated by spaces.
What is stanza
100
The act of creating and developing a character.
What is Characterization
100
Words that imitate sounds.
What is onomatopoeia.
100
A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.
What is personification.
200
A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the story of another person.
What is biography
200
A writers attitude toward his or her audience and subject.
What is tone
200
A long work of fiction.
What is Novel
200
Writing that tells a story.
What is narration.
200
The sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next
What is plot.
300
Also known as the turning point, is the high point in the action of a plot.
What is climax
300
The time and place of the action.
What is setting
300
A prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
What is fiction
300
A story told in a verse.
What is narrative poem.
300
A regular pattern of rhyming words In a poem.
What is rhyme scheme.
400
A person or animal that takes part in the action of a literary work.
What is character
400
The main character of a literary work.
What is protagonist
400
Three-line Japanese verse form.
What is haiku
400
repetition of sounds at the ends of words.
What is rhyme
400
An authors main reason for writing.
What is authors purpose.
500
The central message in a literary work.
What is theme
500
A brief work of fiction.
What is short story
500
A speaker or character who tells a story.
What is narrator
500
A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.
What is rhyme scheme.
500
One of the three major types of literature, the others being prose and drama.
What is poetry.