1. This is the regular pattern of rhyme found at the ends of lines in poems.

2. Rhyme scheme

3. This can be added to the beginning of a word to change the word's meaning.

4. prefix

5. This is the use of words that sound like the noises they describe.

6. Onomatopoeia

7. This is the rhythm or regular sound pattern in a piece of poetry.

8. rhyme

9. This is a direct comparison of two things, in which they are said to be (in some sense) the same thing

10. metaphor

11. This is an account of the personal experiences of an author.

12. memoir

13. This is the central and most important idea of a reading passage.

14. Main idea

15. This is a highly musical verse that expresses the observation and feelings of a single speaker

16. Lyric poem

17. This is extreme exaggeration used in a literary work.

18. hyperbole

19. This is poetry written without a regular rhyme scheme, meter, or form.

20. free verse

21. This is the use of hints in written works about what will happen later

22. foreshadowing

23. This is the form of poetry that cannot be changed.
Ex: Haiku and sonnet

24. Fixed form

25. This is writing that tells about imaginary characters and events

26. fiction

27. This is the repetition of similar sounds that comes at the ends of lines of poetry

28. End rhyme

29. This is a poem that makes use of the techniques of drama

30. Dramatic poem

31. This is when we analyze a spoken or written word to discover its pronunciation or meaning.

32. decode

33. This is the main problem in a literary work.

34. conflict

35. This is the part of the plot where the conflict and tension reach a peak

36. climax

37. This is poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

38. Blank verse

39. The story of a person's life written by another person.

40. biography

41. This is the story of a person's life written by that person.

42. autobiography

43. This is the reference to a person, place, or event from history, literature, or religion with which a reader is likely to be familiar

44. allusion

45. This is the repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words.

46. alliteration

47. This is whoever will be reading or listening to a piece of work/speech.

48. audience

49. This is the part of the plot that introduces the characters, the setting, and the basic situation.

50. exposition

51. This is the attitude that an author takes toward the audience, the subject, or a character.

52. tone

53. This is the message, usually about life or society, that an author wishes to convey through a literary work.

54. theme

55. This is the feeling that an author wants readers to have while reading.

56. mood

57. This is an article in a publication or a commentary on television or radio expressing the opinion of its editors, publishers, station, or network.

58. editorial

59. This is the dictionary definition of a word.

60. denotation

61. This is a brief story about an interesting incident.

62. anecdote

63. added to the end of a word to change meaning

64. suffix

65. This is a group of related lines in a poem

66. stanza

67. This is a fourteen-line lyric poem

68. sonnet

69. This is a comparison of two unlike things using the terms "like" or "as".

70. simile

71. This is the time and place in which a literary work happens.

72. setting

73. the part of the word after all affixes have been removed

74. Root (base) word

75. This is a word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or phrase

76. synonym

77. This refers to the ordering of words in a sentence.

78. syntax

79. This is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun.

80. gerund

81. This results when two or more independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.

82. Comma splice

83. This is a word or phrase that means the opposite of another word or phrase.

84. antonym

85. Writing that is real or true

86. nonfiction

87. An expression that is characteristic of a region, community, or class of people

88. idiom

89. The dictionary meaning of a word

90. denotation

91. When feelings or emotions are associated with a word

92. Connotation

93. Telling a story that has already happened

94. flashback

95. Author’s choice of words

96. diction

97. A speech in a play that is addressed to another character

98. monologue

99. A long speech given alone on stage

100. Soliloquy

101. Language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words

102. Figurative language