High School Literature

fictional works that explain the actions of gods and goddesses; include explanations of the origins of the elements of nature; include bizarre creatures as major characters

• myths
• fables
• legends
• essays

literary works that are based on true information; not made up

• fables
• myths
• fiction
• non-fiction

a fictional work of longer length read during the course of several sittings; contains numerous characters and may have both a plot line and sub-pots running throughout

• short story
• novel
• novella
• tall tale

a fictional work of shorter length; usually read in one sitting; few characters 

• myth
• short story
• legend
• novel

Attempts to influence a reader.

• informational writing
• persuasive writing
• autobiography
• biography

a type of literary or artistic work

• foreshadow
• idiom
• genre
• image

attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas

• paradox
• personification
• oxymoron
• onomatopoeia 

Onomatopoeia

• formation of a word by imitation of a sound
• use of symbols used repeatedly in a story that carries multiple meanings
• pattern of words that rhyme on the outside
• an idea/object/etc. that is compared to another that is different but familiar

writing that compares to unlike things but does not use like or as

• metaphor
• alliteration
• resolution
• character development

writing in which an inanimate object or an abstract idea is given human characteristics

• personification

• metaphor

• setting

• theme

• None of the above