Books Crossword Puzzles
Nonfiction Unit LIterary Terms
biography: true story of person's life written by someone else, literary: read and experienced like fiction, irony: contrast between what is expected and what …
Literary Terminology
hyperbole: an exaggeration is used for emphasis, resolution: the last part of a story when the character's problems or conflicts are solved and the story ends, …
Persephone
love: what is the reason for hades to take away persephone?, summer: when is supposedly the season when persephone returns to her mother?, winter: when is …
Poetic Devices
assonance : the repetition of a vowel sound, spoonerism: when the beginning sounds of two words is swapped, onomatopoeia: words that say sounds, personification …
A Wolf Called Wander
elk: the first meat that wander and his siblings eat when fed to them by their mother and father , growl: the wolf's babysitter when they are puppies, road: …
Creative Writing Terms
dialect : a particular form of a language, dialogue : conversation between two or more people, epiphany : appearance, epithets : descriptive literary device, …
Book Series
wings : _____ of fire, power : zac, keeper : ______ of the lost cities, potter : harry ______, chocolate : charlie and the _________ factory, treehouse : the …
Parts of a Library Book
cover : the outside binding of a book, copyright page : shows information you need to cite sources, copyright date : the book’s “birthday” because it …
Romeo and Juliet Revision
oxymoron: two contrasting images or words placed next to each other. , rosaline: who romeo is in love with at the start of the play., tybalt: juliet's …
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
penance: what the mariner had to pay (for his crime), life-in-death: won the 200 crew members in a game of dice, kirk: a word meaning church, albatross: what …
The Great Gatsby
myrtle: involved in an affair with tom, nickcarraway: the narrator, minnesota: where the main character is from, partying: what rich people in this story like …
Odyssey
odysseus: i would be described as full of guile, a strong leader, and able to withstand the sirens, calypso: i loved odysseus for seven years and died after he …
Poetry Terms Practice
hyperbole : the greatest exaggeration in the history of literature., stanza : the grouping of lines in a poem between breaks., allusion : the referencing of …
Introduction to Fiction Terms
first person: the story is told by someone who participates in or witnesses the action, style : the manner in which something is said or written, fiction : …
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
christopher: first name of the main character and narrator, dog: what does the main character find dead in the street, fork: what garden tool has been used to …
Classic Books
the time machine : an inventor travels years into the future. , the lord of the rings : a group of heroes save their world from evil., charlottes web : a pig …
Story Genres
history : this type of story happens in the past, normally a long time ago., comedy : this type of story is funny., action : this story would be quite violent, …
Refugee Boy
asylum : a safe place, east : alem's parents organisation for peace in africa, eritrea : the other warring country, ruth : alem's foster sister, architect : …
Language Devices
imagery: the use of vivid and descriptive language to create a mental picture for the reader., metaphor: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things by …
Rhetorical Devices
rhetorical question : a statement made in the form of a question with no expectation of an answer, metaphor : a type of figure of speech that compares one thing …
Stylistics
stylistics: ... is a branch of general linguistics., functional: ... stylistics is the most all-embracing “global” trend in style study., decoding: ... …
