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A story about a person's life written by another individual.
What is Biography
100
The narrator IS a character in the story.
What is First Person
100
The feeling a reader gets from reading a literary work.
What is Mood
100
An object or idea given human qualities or human form.
What is Personification
100
A comparison of two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is Simile
200
The events in a story are told in the order in which they occur.
What is Chronological
200
The author interrupts the story to "go back in time" and tell about something that happened in the past.
What is Flashback
200
The comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as.
What is Metaphor
200
Writing that conveys an idea or feeling through carefully selected words and phrases.
What is Poetry
200
A character that stays the same throughout the story, usually minor characters.
What is Static
300
An unfair preference for something or dislike for something.
What is Bias
300
A broad statement that is based on limited evidence.
What is Generalization
300
The poems rhythmical pattern. The repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is Meter (Rhythm)
300
Information intended to promote a policy, idea, or cause.
What is Propaganda
300
To give a shortened version of written text by supplying the main points and major details only.
What is Summarize
400
The form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group.
What is Dialect
400
Writing that explains or informs.
What is Expository Writing
400
An expression that cannot be understood if taken literally. It has a meaning other than what the words say.
What is Idiom
400
The series of events that lead to the climax of the story.
What is Rising Action
400
The narrator is NOT a character in the story and knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
What is Third Person Limited
500
A character that changes from the beginning to the end of the story, usually major characters.
What is Dynamic
500
Words that are pronounced the same, but mean different things and are sometimes spelled differently.
What is Homophone
500
A conclusion based on evidence in the text. "Reading between the lines."
What is Inference
500
The ordinary form of written language.
What is Prose
500
The notes in a drama that describe how the work is to be performed.
What is Stage Directions