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“the tornado danced across the field” is an example of this type of language.
What is personification? $100
“his lips were like roses, his nose like a cherry” is an example of this type of language.
What is a simile? $200
“ Sally sells sea shells by the seashore” is an example of this type of language.
What is alliteration? $300
The Franks being captured by the Nazis just as the war was ending exhibits this literary element.
What is irony? $400
Referring to Stonewall Jackson in To Kill a Mockingbird is an example of this literary element.
What is an allusion? $???
This genre takes place in the future and uses scientific data or assumptions in the story.
What is science fiction? $100
Characters in this genre may solve a problem by using magic.
$200 What is fantasy?
This form of fiction is longer, has many characters and a complicated plot.
What is a novel? $300
The story becomes more complex in this part of the plot.
What is an rising action (complications)? $400
Dialogue in this genre reflects words and attitudes realistic to the time period.
$500 What is historical fiction?
Zeus might be the main character in this type of folklore.
$100 What is a myth?
Aesop’s fables had this clear purpose in mind.
$200 What is to teach a moral lesson?
“Knowledge of ordinary people” is the goal of this genre.
$300 What is folklore?
Exaggerated characters and heroic acts are features of this type of story.
$400 What are tall tales?
The brothers Grimm were among the first to write these down.
$??? What are fairy tales?
This is a short piece that deals with one topic; you will write many at DHS!
$100 What is an essay?
Using research or interviews, the author describes how a person affected society in this genre.
$200 What is a biography?
This genre reveals the whole of the author’s life.
$300 What is an autobiography?
The author writes about a specific incident or event in this form of writing.
$400 What is a memoir?
All non-fiction can be categorized by these two purposes.
$500 What is informative and literary?
The repetition of sound creates this poetic device.
$100 What is a rhyme?
Poetry with no regular pattern of rhyme or rhythm is referred to by this term.
$200 What is “free verse”?
These modern stories may have supernatural elements and typically happen to a friend of a friend.
$300 What are urban legends?
Words such as “black, wet, velvety night”; they appeal to the five senses.
$400 What is imagery?
These stories are based on fact; the people or situations may have actually existed.
$500 What are legends?
Lit. Terms
“I never tell the truth” is an example of this.
What is a paradox?