1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Figurative Language PoetryGenre Literary Elements I Literary Elements II

2. A kind of figurative language that cannot be understood by its literal meaning. (Ex: “It’s raining cats and dogs”)

3. What is an idiom?

4. A comparison of two things that does not use like or as; often uses a form of the verb be.

5. What is a metaphor?

6. A technique which gives nonhuman things human qualities.

7. What is personification?

8. A comparison of two things that uses the words like or as.

9. What is a simile?

10. The feeling a reader gets from the story.

11. What is mood?

12. Repetition of the first consonant sound in a word series.

13. What is alliteration?

14. A word whose sound makes you think of its meaning. (i.e., buzz, swish)

15. What is onomatopoeia?

16. Repeating the first consonant sound in a word series.

17. What is repetition?

18. The occurrence of the same or similar sounds at the end of two or more words, or a line of poetry.

19. What is a rhyme?

20. Division in a poem named for the number of lines it contains.

21. What is a stanza?

22. A story that features gods and goddesses and explains events in nature and old story.

23. What is a myth?

24. A kind of fictional writing that teaches a moral lesson, or argues in favor of a behavior.

25. What is a fable?

26. A story written about a historical periods; often includes well- researched historical truths..

27. What is historical fiction?

28. A story meant to be performed by actors and includes dialogue and stage directions.

29. What is a drama?

30. Literary work NOT based on fact.

31. What is fiction?

32. Point of view in which the narrator knows the thoughts of only one character.

33. What is third-person limited point of view?

34. Using one thing to represent something else.

35. What is symbolism?

36. The main part of the story where characters try to solve the conflict.

37. What is rising action?

38. A clash between characters in a story.

39. What is character conflict?

40. Point of view in which the narrator knows the thoughts of two or more characters.

41. What is third-person omniscient point of view?

42. A brief description of a selection.

43. What is a summary?

44. A text structure that tells what happened and why.

45. What is cause and effect?

46. The reason an author is writing.

47. What is the author’s purpose?

48. A broad statement that does not take details into account.

49. What is a generalization?

50. A guess about what is happening in a story or article.

51. What is an inference?