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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who wrote the essay "Self-Reliance"?
100
a short passage from a longer piece of writing.
What is Excerpt?
100
a figure of speech that makes a comparison using the words like or as.
What is Simile?
100
a lesson or message about life told in a story.
What is a Moral?
100
the posotion from which the author or storyteller tells the story.
What is point of view?
200
David Thoreau
Who wrote the Essay "Walden"?
200
A written work that shows a writers opinions on some basic or current issues.
What is Essay?
200
a figure of speech that makes a comparison but does not use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
200
the series of events in a story.
What is a plot?
200
a brief work of prose fiction that includes plot, setting, characters, point of view, and theme.
What is a short story?
300
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Who wrote the short story "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"?
300
the main idea of a literly work.
What is theme?
300
giving characters such as animals or objects the characteristics or qualities of humans.
What is personification?
300
repeating sounds by using words whose beginning sounds are the same.
What is alliteration?
400
Hermen Melville
Who wrote the short story the "Fiddler"?
400
A specific type, or kind, of literature.
What is Genre?
400
the time and place in a story.
What is setting?
400
the conversation among characters in a story.
What is Dialogue?
500
Emily Dickinson
Who wrote the poems "I never saw a moor" and "My life closed twice before its close"?
500
a word or phrase that has a meaning different from the actual meaning.
What is Figure of speech?
500
a short story or poem with a message or moral.
What is a fable?
500
the center; the core
What is a nucleus?