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Comparison between to unlike things using "like" or "as"

What is a simile?

100
The story of someone's life written by someone else
What is a biography?
100
The story of someone's life written by that person
What is an autobiography>
100

Stage play, when you have actors playing people, also a genre of movies

What is a drama?

100

Feeling or atmosphere of a literary work, also describes how a person might be feeling

What is mood?

200

Any person, place, or action that represents something else-- like how the stars and stripes on the US flag represent the states

What is a symbol?

200

When words have the same sound, usually ending sound

What is rhyme?

200

The high point, and/or turning point, in a literary work or story

What is climax?

200

Struggle or problem between characters in a story

What is conflict?

200
Writing based on facts
What is non-fiction?
300
Pattern or sequence of events in a literary work
What is plot?
300

Story told from the viewpoint of a person who uses "I" and "my..."

What is first person point-of-view?

300

Writing using lines and/or stanzas, often but not always rhymes

What is poetry?

300
Words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
300

Conversation between characters in a play or literary work

What is dialogue?

400
Exaggeration to create an effect
What is hyperbole?
400
Use of words to appeal to the five senses by describing how something tastes, looks, sounds, feels or smells.
What is imagery?
400
Contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs
What is irony?
400
Clues and hints ahead of time of events to come
What is foreshadowing?
400
Rival or enemy of the main character or protagonist
Who is the antagonist?
500

A feeling or atmosphere of a literary work, could be horror or very thrilling

What is suspense?

500

Story where we, the reader, know what all or most of the characters are thinking

What is omniscient?

500
Hero or main character in a literary work
Who is the protagonist?
500
Giving human-like characteristics to something non-human
What is personification?
500

A story with a lesson, can involve animals... also known as a fable

What is an allegory?