Comparing two things with some quality in common.

A traditional Japanese poem of three lines about nature.

Used by authors to help readers picture things in new ways.

Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".

Autobiography recalling events in one's own life.

Descriptive language authors use appealing to the 5 senses.

Person's formative years in a novel

Reference to a well known person, place or event.

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Genre
Type of literature
Type of drama
Type of poem
Type of nonfiction
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Metaphore
Comparing two things using "like" or "as".
Comparing two things that are exactly alike.
Comparing two things with some quality in common.
Comparing two things with nothing in common.
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Haiku
A traditional Japanese poem of three lines about nature.
A modern Japanese poem about people.
A modern Japanese poem of 25 lines about nature.
A traditional Japanese poem about war.
4
Historical Context
Fiction set in the future
Literature set in an imaginary place
Literature set in the past
Poetry set in an imaginary place
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Figurative Language
Used by authors to create unoriginal descriptions.
Descriptions that are literally true.
Descriptions used to help readers picture ordinary things.
Used by authors to help readers picture things in new ways.
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Simile?
Comparing two unlike things.
Comparing two similar things.
Comparing like or as.
Comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as".
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Free Verse
Poetry with no fixed patterns
Poetry with strict patterns and rules
Fiction with no patterns
Nonfiction with strict rules and patterns
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Memoir
Autobiography recalling events of someone famous.
Autobiography recalling events in one's own life.
Biography recalling events in the life of someone famous.
Biography recalling events in one's own life.
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Stanza
5 paragraph essay
Paragraphs in nonfiction
Nonfiction group of lines
Group of lines in a poem
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Sensory Language
Descriptive language authors use appealing to the 5 senses.
Language readers use to retell stories.
Language authors use when writing dialogue.
Descriptive language readers use.
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Bildungsroman
Person's formative years in a novel
Point of view in a novel
Narrative poem
Rhyme and meter in a poem
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Allusion
Reference to a person, place or thing that no longer exists.
Reference to an unknown person, place or event.
Reference to a well known person, place or event.
Reference to a person, place or event known only by poet.

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