1. Lesson 18: Literature

2. Autobiography The story of a person’s life, written by that person
The famous book The Diary of Anne Frank is an autobiography.

3. Autobiography

4. Biography The story of a person’s life, written by someone else
Many biographies are written about celebrities.

5. Biography

6. Flashback
A scene that is set at a time earlier than the main events of the story
In the movie Superman, Clark Kent has many flashbacks that help him recall his past.

7. Flashback

8. Folklore The traditional tales and beliefs of a people
The Jersey Devil is an example of popular folklore from our area.

9. Folklore

10. Genre A type of literature or art
Some genres that we will examine in English class are fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

11. Genre

12. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which one thing is described as if it were another
Her smile was the sun on a cloudy day.

13. Metaphor

14. Onomatopoeia
The use of words that imitate the sounds that they stand for
Buzz, moo, and woof are all examples of onomatopoeia.

15. Onomatopoeia

16. Prose Ordinary speech or writing that does not have a regular rhythm
The House of Dies Drear is written in prose.

17. Prose

18. Proverb A short saying that expresses a truth or gives advice
The saying “A penny saved is a penny earned” is an example of a proverb.

19. Proverb

20. Simile
A figure of speech that uses like or as to compare two things that are not alike
The Olympic runners were as fast as cheetahs.

21. Simile