Vocabulary Terms
Titles and Authors
Literary Elements
Literary Techniques
Poetic Terms
100
To cause someone to be tired or exhausted.
What is exhausted?
100
The author of the short story "One Friday Morning"
Who is Langston Hughes?
100
The literary element used to describe the speech, thoughts, emotions, actions and looks of a character.
What is characterization?
100
The language used by a writer to create an image in the mind of a reader by appealing to his/her senses.
What is imagery?
100
A "paragraph" or section of a poem.
What is stanza?
200
A source of satisfaction or pleasure.
What is gratification?
200
The author of the novel "Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Who is Stephen Chbosky?
200
The major problem in a text.
What is conflict?
200
A direct comparison between two unlike things.
What is metaphor?
200
The deliberate word choices made by a writer.
What is diction?
300
A question that is asked but does not require a response.
What is rhetorical question?
300
The author of the short story "Boyfriend."
Who is Junot Diaz?
300
The most influential literary element of the short story "One Friday Morning."
What is setting?
300
The literary technique used in Kate Chopin's short text, "Story of an Hour" to contrast what one expected to happen to that which actually occurred in order to create a powerful, long lasting impression on the reader.
What is irony?
300
A type of poem with non rhyming lines that closely follow the natural rhythms of speech.
What is free verse?
400
A bittersweet longing for things, persons or situations.
What is nostalgic?
400
The author of "Letter to Birmingham Jail"
Who is Martin Luther King?
400
A lesson learned about life through literature.
What is theme?
400
Giving human like qualities to inanimate object.
What is personification?
400
A poem consisting of 14 lines concluding with a couplet.
What is sonnet?
500
A strong feeling of respect, wonder or fear.
What is awe?
500
The author of the short story "Little Things are Big"
Who is Jesus Colon?
500
The ending of a story.
What is resolution?
500
Language used by a writer to enhance the writing.
What is figurative language?
500
The attitude of the speaker/narrator.
What is tone?