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What is alliteration?

The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or

syllables (as wild and woolly, threatening throngs).

What is onomatopoeia?

The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they

refer to.

What is personification?

A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions

are endowed with human qualities or are represented as

possessing human form.

What is rhyme?

repetition of sounds at the ends of words

What is figurative language?

writing that is not meant to be taken literally

What is an autobiography?

a person's life story (nonfiction)

What is a biography?

a person's life story told by another person (nonfiction)

What is a drama?

fiction written to be performed by actors (plays)

What is fiction?

literature that is about imaginary characters and events, fake

What is nonfiction?

writing that presents and explains real people, places, or events,

not fake

What is character?

a person/animal who takes part in the action of a literary work

What is conflict?

a problem in a story between characters

What is flashback?

an interruption in fiction that relates an event from an earlier

What is foreshadowing?

the use of clues that suggest events that have yet to happen

What is symbolism?

When one thing represents something

What is a short story?

a brief work of fiction

What is a myth?

a fictional story using gods and goddesses

What is a fable?

a story using animal characters that teaches a

lesson

What is an anecdote?

a brief story about an interesting or amusing event

What is a novel?

a long work of fiction

What is point of view?

the perspective from which a story is told

What is first person point of view?

When the narrator is in the story, pronouns such as I and we are

What is omniscient point of view?

The narrator is all knowing

What is suspense?

a feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome

of events in a literary work

What is implied theme?

a central message in a literary work that is not clearly stated,

the reader must analyze what the author is trying to teach them

What is dialect?

the form of a language spoken by people in a certain region

What is genre?

a type of literature

What is imagery?

a word/phrase that appeals to one or more of the five senses

What is a simile?

comparison of two unlike things using like or as

What is a metaphor?

comparison of two unlike things NOT using like or as

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