Literature Cards Game

Print and laminate  these templates.   Make as many sets as you need for your group. You can play SNAP, Memory game, Matching game, Piggy Goes or other games in small groups. You can also use these cards to play Speed question/ answer ping pong  game, where you ask the questions and a representative of each small group answers. You can also invent a simple boardgame to play with these cards. There are many possibilities!

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What A is repeating consonants that sound the same at the beginning of words or stressed syllables. Eg. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.	Alliteration	What A is the meaning a writer wants to convey in a piece of writing.	Argument
What A is giving the impression that words sound similar by repeating the same or similar vowel sounds. Example: marrows and carrots.	Assonance	What B is writing down all the various possible meanings and interpretations you can think of after reading a particular piece of writing.	Brainstorming
What C is an informal word, phrase or piece of English you might use when chatting. Example: saying spud instead of potato.	Colloquialism	What F.O.S. is where the meaning of an expression isn't the same as the literal meaning of the words. Eg. she was over the moon with joy.	Figure of speech
What C is the text which surrounds a word or phrase. A word may fit into it or may appear to surprise you and be out of it.	Context	What C is reading or writing about the different works of an author or authors to point out similarities in content and/or types of expression.	Cross- referencing
What D is the conversation between characters	Dialogue	What E.L. are words or phrases that arouse an emotional response in the reader. Example: the poor, defenseless animals.	Emotive language
What F is when the author begins consecutive sentences or lines of verse with the same words or structure.	Foregrounding	What I is the general term to cover figures of speech (metaphor, simile, etc.) the use of this a writer projects different pictures to the reader/listener.	Imagery/images
What I is using language to express the opposite to what you mean or feel.	Irony	What M is describing something by saying it is another thing. Example: he's a wizard at Maths. (c.f simile)	Metaphor
What N is how the author tells a story in a piece of writing.	Narrative	What P is a statement that appears to contradict itself. Examples: cold fire, sick health	Paradox
What P is giving things or ideas human characteristics. Example: the hot fat spat in the pan.	Personification	What P is a form of writing that is not in verse and that doesn't rhyme. Novels and newspapers are written in this way.	Prose
What R.C. is two consecutive lines with each other, and are usually about the same length.	Rhyming couplet	What R.S. is used to discuss the way a poem rhymes.	Rhyme scheme
What R is using pairs or groups of words, usually at the end of lines of verse, which have the same or very similar sounds.	Rhyme	What R is a term usually applied to poetry, but which can also be used for drama & prose. It is produced by the stress given to words when they are read aloud	Rhythm
What S is describing something by saying it is like or as something else. Example: I've been working like a dog. (c.f metaphor)	Simile	What S is a speech spoken by an actor alone on stage, designed to reveal the character's innermost thoughts and feelings.	Soliloquy
What S is the way a poem is usually divided into lines and grouped together . In hymn-books they are called verses.	Stanza	What S is a word that stands for an object and what it represents eg. Carol Ann Duffy uses 'onion' as her valentine.	Symbol
What T is the pattern of rhythm and sound in a poem.. made by the words used and the way they are used.	Texture	What V is a term applied to poetic writing, not prose. or a single line of a poem.	Verse
What W.A. is using words whose meaning can be used to suggest another meaning. The word red, for example, means a colour or a political belief.	Word association	What S is a poem containing fourteen lines.	Sonnet