Literay Terms
Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Literay Terms
Literary Terms
100
describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
100
a struggle of two opposing forces
What is a conflict?
100
made up story
What is fiction?
100
a sentence independent or dependent
What is a clause?
100
shows action or state of being
What is a verb?
200
describes a verb, adjective and another adverb
What is an adverb?
200
comparison of two unlike things using like or as
What is a simile?
200
1 main character, 1 conflict and can be read in 1 sitting
What is a short story?
200
the beat of a poem
What is rhythm?
300
repetition of first consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
300
part of a sentence
What is a phrase?
300
good grammar
What is Standard English?
300
giving humanlike qualities to something that is not human
What is personification?
300
a song that tells a story
What is a ballad?
400
repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
400
time and place in a story
What is setting?
400
something that stands for something else
What is a symbol?
400
dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
400
feeling a word gives
What is connotation?
500
a person, animal or imaginary creature
What is a character?
500
loose ends are tied up in a story
What is falling action?
500
a short story that teaches a lesson
What is a fable?
500
end of the story, the denouement
What is resolution?
500
the story gets going
What is rising action?