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Literary Devices
Literature Terms
Analogies
Poetry Terms
Genres
100
A comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
100
The series of events that occurs in a story.
What is the plot?
100
Dog is related to cat in the same way that horse is related to this.
What is hoof?
100
The pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is the rhyme scheme?
100
A story written by a person that retells the story of their own life.
What is an autobiography?
200
What is a comparison of two things not using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
200
The people or creatures that are told about in a story.
What are characters?
200
Sail is to boat in the same way that what is to car.
What is a motor?
200
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
What is rhythm?
200
A story written by a person about the true life of another person.
What is a biography?
300
A statement or phrase that says one thing but has a completely different meaning.
What is an idiom?
300
The place or surroundings in a story or piece of literature.
What is setting?
300
watch:movie::listen:______
What is music?
300
A group of words that start with the same sound.
What is an alliteration?
300
A fictional story about a group of characters that often include talking animals and generally begins with "Once Upon A Time..."
What is a fairy tale?
400
A word that a sounds like what it is.
What is onomatopoeia?
400
The big ideas behind the story that relate to real life.
What is the theme?
400
author: literature:: sculptor: ______
What is art?
400
A group of lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
400
A tall tale about a fictional character that exaggerates at least one human characteristic.
What is a folk tale?
500
A situation that seems to be the exact opposite of what it should be.
What is irony?
500
The feeling or emotion that is shown through a story.
What is tone?
500
prose: paragraph:: poem: _____
What is a stanza?
500
The general term for language that means something different than what it says.
What is figurative language?
500
A story that includes talking animals and tells a moral.
What is a fable?