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Literary Terms
Things You Don't Want to Be or Do
Words That Begin With Vowels
Figurative Language, Mostly
Nouns and Verbs
100
The highest point of a story; the turning point.
What is climax?
100
Complaining about or nagging someone
What is harping?
100
All together in one piece.
What is intact?
100
A direct comparison between two unlike things; does not use like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
Someone or something that creates a change
What is catalyst?
200
The author's attitude about the story
What is tone?
200
A cut or open wound in the skin's surface
What is laceration?
200
Sneaky behavior meant to avoid something.
What is evasive?
200
An exaggeration, sometimes humorous, used to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
200
A large or excessive amount of a particular item or items.
What is a horde?
300
Hints or clues about events that occur later in a story
What is foreshadowing?
300
Intentionally doing badly or causing harm on purpose.
What is malicious?
300
Unskilled at tasks, unable to show skill.
What is inept?
300
A word that, when spoken, sounds like whatever it is describing. Ex, drip.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
To give up something you once held tight to.
What is relinquish?
400
A conversation between two or more people in a text.
What is dialogue?
400
An extraordinarily bad event or series of events causing great harm. Can be nature (tornado, hurricane) or man made (22 car pile up).
What is catastrophe?
400
Scary or showing the potential for danger.
What is ominous?
400
A category of music, movie, or text.
What is genre?
400
A time of deep thinking or talking over to make a decision.
What is deliberation?
500
A repeated symbol or theme in a story
What is motif?
500
Thinking too much about death and dark things.
What is morbid?
500
Absolutely necessary
What is essential?
500
A reference to another work (writing, art, characters, etc) within a text or work of art?
What is allusion?
500
To approve of someone else's choices or decisions.
What is condone?