Poetry
Figurative language
Plot
Genres
Drama
100

This is when the last syllable of words sound the same.


Example: The cat ran into the tiny house.  After a chase, it caught the mouse.

     

What is rhyme?

100

This compares two things using the words like or as.


Example:  Jake ran fast as a cheetah.

What is a simile?

100

This is the ending of a story.

What is resolution?

100

This is when a story is made up by the author.

What is fiction?

100

This is the person who tells the story.

Who is the narrator?

200

This is a group of lines in a poem.

What is a stanza?

200

This compares two things without using the words like or as.


Example:  The sun was a jewel in the evening sky.

What is a metaphor?

200

This is when suspense in the story builds from problems faced by the characters.

What is rising action?

200

This is when an author tells their own story.

What is memoir or autobiography?

200

This includes the speaking parts when characters talk to each other.

What is dialogue?

300

This is the rhythm of a poem.

What is meter?

300

This gives human qualities to non-human things.


Example:  The stars danced across the sky.

What is personification?

300

This is when problems are starting to resolve in a story.

What is falling action?

300

This is informational text with real facts.

What is non-fiction?

300

This is where and when the story takes place.

What is the setting?

400

This is an example of which graphical element in a poem.

 

What is line position?

400

This is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.


Example:  Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.

What is alliteration?

400

This is the most exciting part or the turning point of the story?

What is climax?

400

This is a kind of fiction that takes place in a real period of history?

What is historical fiction?

400

This is the main message or lesson in a story.

What is theme?

500

This is a poem without traditional format or rhyming patterns.

What is free verse?

500

This is a word that makes a sound.


Example:  Swoosh!

What is onomatopoeia?

500

This is the beginning of the story where characters and setting are introduced.

What is exposition?

500

This writing focuses on thoughts and feelings.

What is poetry?

500

These are what gives instructions to the characters in a play.

What are stage directions?