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Figurative Language
Genres
Poetry Devices
Vocabulary
Writing
100
An expression that does not mean what it literally says, such as "Those jeans cost an arm and a leg!"
What is an idiom?
100
Stories that include a plot, characters, and setting.
What is fiction?
100
A phrase containing repetitive begging sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
Root word mean "to write".
What is graph?
100
When the author writes about an event that happened in the past.
What is flashback?
200
An intentionally exaggerated figure of speech, such as "I have told you a million times."
What is hyperbole?
200
Stories handed down orally before they were ever written down.
What is a folktale?
200
Repetitive medial sounds in a phrase.
What is assonance?
200
Root word meaning "study of".
What is -logy?
200
Clues in a story that tell the reader what may happen next.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Compares two things using like or as.
What is simile?
300
Stories with fairies or other magical creatures, usually for children.
What is a fairytale?
300
When the ending part of a word matches another in sound.
What is rhyme?
300
Root words meaning "star" or "celestial body".
What is aster- and astro-?
300
The subject or major argument in a written essay. Usually written as a complete sentence.
What is a thesis?
400
Comparing two things not using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
400
A log written by an author at regular intervals.
What is a diary or a journal?
400
The "chunks" or "paragraphs" in poems.
What is a stanza?
400
Root word meaning "life" or "to live"
What is viv-?
400
The topic of an entire literary work. Usually focuses on life lessons or big ideas, such as friendship, overcoming obstacles, or love.
What is theme?
500
Giving nonhuman things human qualities.
What is personification?
500
Fiction that accurately depicts life as it is could be lived today.
What is contemporary realistic fiction?
500
The poetry pattern for: Roses are red, Violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
What is ABCB
500
Root word meaning to speak or say?
What is dict-?
500
The symbols used to separate paragraph topics when making an outline.
What are Roman Numerals?