Poetry words
Short Story elements
Poetry terms
Short story terms
Hodge-Podge
100
comparing 2 things using like or as.
What is a simile?
100

The central character in a story.

What is the protagonist?

100
Making a comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
100

Hints of what is to come in the action of a play or a story.

What is foreshadowing?

100

The matching of final vowel or consonant sounds in two or more words. IE. root, boot, suit.

What is Rhyme?

200
The uniform repitition or accent in a poem.
What is rhythm?
200

A struggle between opposing forces.

What is conflict?

200
The emotional feel of the poem.
What is mood?
200

The resolution of the plot of a literary work.

What is conclusion?

200

A contrast or discrepancy between what is said and what is meant or between what happens and what is expected to happen in life and in literature.

What is irony?

300
The attitude the poet takes toward the audience.
What is tone?
300

The highest point of the reader's interest.

What is climax?

300
The attitude the poet takes towards the audience.
What is tone?
300

The voice and implied speaker of a fictional work, to be distinguished from the actual living author.

What is narrator?

300
A representation of a sense impression, a feeling, or an idea, often refers to the pattern of related details in a work.
What is imagery?
400

Giving dead or inanimate objects human qualities.

What is personification?

400

The sequence of events that make up the story.

What is plot?

400
A figure of speech involving exaggeration. IE. I am so hungry I could eat an elephant.
What is hyperbole?
400

The time and place of a literary work that establish its context.

What is setting?

400
An interruption of a work's chronology to describe or present an incident that occurred prior to the main time frame of a work's action.
What is flashback?
500

The lovely, little lady laughed.

What is alliteration?

500

The character opposing the main character.

What is the antagonist?

500
Buzz, pop, crack
What is onomatopoeia?
500

The main idea of a literary work.

What is theme?

500
A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story.
What is the foil?
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