Literary Terms
5 types of Structures
Organizing Ideas
Grade 9 Review
This and That
100

Making fun of something or someone to make a point about the moral rightness or wrongness of an issue

What is satire?

100

A subject is described

What is descriptive?

100

The central message of a non-fiction text, like theme in a work of fiction

What is the main idea?

100

When and where a story takes place

What is the setting?

100

Pre-existing opinions or feelings

What is a bias?

200

Someone asks this when they don't really expect an answer

What is a rhetorical question?

200

Similarities and differences between 2 topics are explained

What is compare and contrast?

200

The reason for a writer creating a text such as to inform, to persuade or to entertain?

What is the purpose?

200

When the opposite of what you expect to occur, occurs

What is irony?

200

A technique used that downplays the seriousness of a situation

What is understatement?

300

Specialized language used by a specific group. (For example, gamers have their own way of speaking to each other.)

What is jargon?

300

A problem is identified and the way to solve it is explained

What is problem and solution?

300

A claim made by a writer that is supported with facts

What is an assertion or viewpoint?

300

The dictionary definition of a word

What is denotation?

300

A short story told in order to make a point or for laughs.

What is an anecdote?

400
When something unfamiliar is compared to something well known.

What is an analogy?

400

Why something happens and the end result is explained

What is cause and effect?

400

The opening sentences of a news story that identifies the 5 W's (Who, What, When, Why & When)

What is a lead?

400

The feelings that go along with a word

What are connotations?

400

A pattern of thought that goes from a general fact and applies it to a more specific case.

What is deductive reasoning?

500

A reference to a famous text from history, the bible, pop culture or literature

What is an allusion?

500
A sequence of events is explained in the order in which it happens or happened or the steps of how to do something is explained in the order in which they should be performed

What is chronological?

500

The evidence, description or facts that justify or prove an assertion, position or viewpoint

What are supporting details?

500

A comparison of two unlike things that DOESN'T use "like" or "as"

What is a metaphor?

500

A pattern of thought that takes something very specific and applies it to more general situations

What is inductive reasoning?