A written account of people the author has known and events he or she has witnessed.
What is memoir
100
The underlying message or main idea of a piece of writing. It expresses a broader meaning than the topic of the piece.
What is theme
100
A brief, fictional narrative in prose.
What is short story
100
A type of figurative language that takes three forms: verbal, situational, and dramatic.
What is irony
100
The main problem faced by the protagonist in a story or play.
What is conflict
200
Also called resolution.
What is falling action
200
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by saying that one thing is the other thing. Ex: Mary says her boyfriend is a pig.
What is metaphor
200
The dictionary meaning of a word or phrase.
What is denotation
200
The repetition of ending sounds in different words.
What is rhyme
200
A play or fictional story that is written mainly to amuse the audience.
What is comedy
300
A brief narrative that teaches a lesson about life. Many have animals instead of humans as characters
What is fable
300
The overall feeling or atmosphere a writer creates in a piece of writing.
What is mood
300
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of words that are close together.
What is alliteration
300
Also called falling action. The actions and events in a plot that happen after the climax.
What is resolution
300
The feelings suggested by a word or phrase, apart from it’s dictionary meaning.
What is connotation
400
A long, fictional, narrative poem, written in a lofty style, that celebrates the great deeds of one or more heroes or heroines.
What is epic
400
A book written by a person about his or her own life, as it is happening.
What is diary
400
Specialized language used by people to describe things that are specific to their group or subject.
What is jargon
400
The turning point or most important event in a plot.
What is climax
400
What the characters say to each other.
What is dialogue
500
The specific group of traits conveyed by the narrator or “speaker” in a literary work.
What is voice
500
A fictional narrative, often a folk tale, that tells of supernatural events as a way of explaining natural events and their relation to human life.
What is myth
500
A type of figurative language that compares two unlike things by using a word or phrase such as “like”, “as”, “than”, “resembles”, “similar to”, or “seems”.
What is simile
500
Also called rising action. The part of the plot that presents actions or events that lead to the climax.
What is complication
500
A kind of writing, in verse or prose, in which the plot unfolds in the words of the characters performed by actors.