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Genres
Narrative Elements
Narrative Techniques
Literary Devices
Miscellaneous
100
A narrative with a fully developed theme but significantly shorter and less elaborate than a novel.
What is a short story?
100
The place or type of surroundings where an event takes place.
What is setting?
100
The exact words spoken by a character.
What is direct dialogue?
100
A struggle or opposition.
What is conflict?
100
The voice assumed by a writer (not necessarily his or her own voice).
What is persona?
200
A piece of writing that usually has figurative language and that is written in separate lines that often have repeated rhythm and/or rhyme.
What is a poem?
200
The order of things which happen.
What is sequence of events?
200
A paraphrase of what is said by a character or narrator.
What is indirect dialogue?
200
A reference to a well-known person, event, or place from history, music, art, or another literary work.
What is allusion?
200
The behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group.
What is culture?
300
A fictitious prose narrative that is usually long and complex.
What is a novel?
300
The people in a narrative.
What are characters?
300
The speed at which a narrative moves.
What is pacing?
300
The author's word choice.
What is diction?
300
The way a writer uses words and tone to express ideas as well as the writer's persona or personality.
What is voice?
400
An account of one's personal life and experiences.
What is a memoir?
400
The mode of narration that an author employs to let readers "hear" and "see" what takes place in a story.
What is point of view?
400
Use of sensory details and figurative language to craft the people, places, and things in a piece of writing.
What is description?
400
The arrangement of words and the order of grammatical elements in a sentence.
What is syntax?
400
A culture's view of the world.
What is a cultural perspective?
500
A work of fiction or non-fiction that tells a story using comic strips.
What is a graphic novel?
500
A central idea in a piece of writing or other work of art.
What is theme?
500
The time frame in which a story place - either past, present, or future.
What is tense?
500
The mental and emotional atmosphere of a piece of writing.
What is mood?
500
The arrangement of two or more things for the purposes of comparison.
What is juxtaposition?