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Figurative Language
Genres
Vocabulary
Literary Techniques
Potluck
100
Using "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a Simile?
100
A story that uses animals to tella moral or lesson.
What is a Fable?
100
Generalizing based on a general pattern?
What is Stereotype?
100
A hint or suggestion of what is to come.
What is Foreshadowing?
100
A point of view when the author uses the pronouns he, she , it, they. The author also knows all thoughts and feelings of all characters.
What is Third Person Onmiscient?
200
A humorous use of words that might suggest two meanings.
What is a Pun?
200
A genre that has elements that are not real.
What is Fantasy?
200
A word formed by the first letter of other words.
What is an Acronym?
200
Making fun or ridiculing something or someone.
What is Satire?
200
A poem with 14 lines.
What is a Sonnet?
300
Words in a series that all begin with the same letter.
What is Alliteration?
300
Contains science, technology, and time travel.
What is science fiction?
300
Directly from the person, such as a letter or diary.
What is Primary Source?
300
This literary device is the use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning.
What is Irony?
300
A type of propaganda then says if everyone else is using it then the product must be good.
What is Bandwagon?
400
Comparing two things by saying one IS the other. The boy was a fish when he went swimming.
What is a Metaphor?
400
A story handed down from the past.
What is a Legend?
400
This is a literary device to mention something that happened in the past.
What is Flashback?
400
The main idea the author wants you to learn in a story.
What is Theme?
500
Th use of words to express the opposite of the literal meaning. A teacher fails a test.
What is Irony?
500
Stories that help to explain why things are the way they are.
What are Folk Tales?
500
A short and to the point sentence stating some kind of truth.
What is Aphorism?
500
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is Personification?
500
The dictionary meaning of a word.
What is Denotation?