A story passed from 1 generation to another by word of mouth

A short moral story, often with animal characters.

When the opposite of what you expect happens.

Where sounds are spelled out as words.

Compares 2 different things without using like or as.

A short moral story, often with animal characters.

A person, place, or thing that represents something else.

Comparing 2 things using like or as.

A problem or struggle between 2 opposing forces in a story.

Using exaggeration for emphasis or effect.

The person/force that works against the hero in a story.

Define personification.

Giving human qualities to non-living things.

The repetition of vowel sounds.

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A word or phrase that reads the same forwards and backwards.
Palindrome
Idiom
Allegory
Oxymoron
2
What is a folktale?
A short moral story.
A story passed from 1 generation to another by word of mouth
Writing that attempts to show life as it really is.
A story set in an imaginary world.
3
Define protagonist
The narrator
The conflict within a story
A good or heroic character
The bad guy in the story
4
What is a paradox?
A short moral story, often with animal characters.
Important hints an author writes to hint at what is to come.
The lesson a story teaches.
A statement that says 2 opposite things but that may be true
5
Define irony.
A statement that says 2 opposite things but that may be true
The highpoint in a story.
When the opposite of what you expect happens.
Giving human qualities to non-living things.
6
Define onomatopoeia.
Where sounds are spelled out as words.
A story set in an imaginary world.
Giving human qualities to non-living things.
The high point in the story.
7
What is a metaphor?
Comparing 2 things using like or as.
Compares 2 different things without using like or as.
When the opposite of what you expect happens.
Using exaggeration for effect.
8
Define parable.
A story passed from 1 generation to another by word of mouth
Using the 5 senses to create a vivid mental picture.
A story set in an imaginary world.
A short moral story, often with animal characters.
9
Using the sense of touch, sight, sound, smell & taste to create vivid mental pictures.
Onomatopea
Imagery
Symbolism
Anthropomorphism
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When an author takes 1 side of an issue by not covering it fairly.
Antagonist
pun
Historical Fiction
Bias
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What is symbolism?
A story originally passed from 1 generation to another.
The repetition of vowel sounds.
A person, place, or thing that represents something else.
The climax in the story.
12
A play on words causing a humorous effect produced by using a word that suggests 2+ meanings
Oxymoron
Pun
Metaphor
Idiom
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Repeating the same initial consonant sound in neighboring words.
Assonance
Alliteration
Hyperbole
Palindrome
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Important hints an author drops to prepare readers for what is to come.
Imagery
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Allegory
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A phrase that's meaning is not the same as an exact translation of the words that it contains.
Hyperbole
Idiom
Pun
Irony
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Where animals or inanimate objects are portrayed in stories as people.
Symbolism
Personification
Alliteration
Anthropomorphism
17
Define simile.
Comparing 2 things using like or as.
A problem or struggle between 2 opposing forces in a story.
Using the 5 sense to create a vivid picture for readers.
Comparing 2 things without using like or as.
18
Define conflict.
A problem or struggle between 2 opposing forces in a story.
The high point in a story.
The lesson a story teaches.
The bad guy in a story.
19
What is a hyperbole?
The repetition of vowel sounds.
A word or phrase that reads the same forwards & backwards.
The problem presented in a story.
Using exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
20
Define antagonist.
A contradiction in terms.
The person/force that works against the hero in a story.
The repetition of consonant sounds.
A person, place, or thing that represents something else.
21
Define personification.
Giving human qualities to non-living things.
A story that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.
A story set in an imaginary world.
A contradiction of terms.
22
Intense feelings an audience goes through while waiting for the outcome of certain events.
Conflict
Climax
Metaphor
Suspense
23
What is assonance?
The repetition of consonance sounds.
Using the 5 senses to create a picture in the reader's minds
The repeating of a word or phrase.
The repetition of vowel sounds.
24
Interruption of chronological order to present something that occurred before the story began
Paradox
Personification
Rising Action
Flashback
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What is a moral?
Writing that shows life as it really is.
The high point in the story.
The lesson a story teaches.
The conflict in a story.
26
Define climax.
Events that lead up to the most suspenseful part of a story
The lesson a story teaches you.
The problem in a story.
The high point in the story.
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Giving human qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics to nonliving things.
Simile
Imagery
Personification
Anthropomorphism
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Define oxymoron.
A short moral story, often with animal characters.
The repeating of a word.
When sounds are spelled out as words.
A contradiction of terms.

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