This is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for a particular effect
What is hyperbole
100
This is the character who tells the story
Who is narrator
100
This is a type of poetry which expresses personal feelings or a state of mind and is often spoken in the first person.
What is lyric
100
"Jumbo shrimp", "pretty ugly", and "only choice" are all examples of this.
What is oxymoron
100
This is when something happens that does not fit the normal expectations of what should happen. For example, if roaches were to infest the office of a pest control service.
What is irony
200
Bang!
What is onomatopoeia
200
This is 3rd person narration in which the narrator knows every character's thoughts and feelings in the story.
What is omniscient point of view
200
This is an 8 line stanza which is often the first 8 lines of an Italian sonnet.
What is octave
200
*Daily Double*
This is a character who contrasts the protagonist in order to help the reader better understand the protagonist.
What is character foil
200
This is a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
What is pathos
300
Expressions which are not meant to be taken literally, for example "broken heart".
What is metaphor
300
This is the process of telling a story.
What is narration
300
This is language that creates a picture in the minds of readers.
What is imagery
300
This refers to two things seen or placed together with contrasting effect.
What is juxtaposition
300
If one was to say "put up with" rather than "tolerated", they would be using this.
What is informal language
400
"The moon played hide and seek with the clouds" is an example of this.
What is personification
400
This is 3rd person narration in which the narrator knows everything about one or only a few characters.
What is limited omniscient point of view
400
This is a type of lyric poem which addresses a particular subject.
What is ode
400
This is a statement that seems contradictory but is actually true.
What is paradox
400
This is a sentence structure which uses object-verb-subject, rather than subject-verb-object. For example, "the Mona Lisa was painted by da Vinci" rather than "da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa".
What is passive voice
500
"He's the apple of her eye" and "it's raining cats and dogs" are examples of this.
What is idiom
500
This is a type of narration in which the narrator only reports what is happening without giving any opinions or observations.
What is objective point of view
500
*Daily Double*
This is the use of grammatically similar or similar sounding elements of a sentence, eg. "like father, like son"
What is parallelism
500
This is a comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
What is analogy
500
This is a figure of speech in which a part represents the whole or vice versa. For example, "all hands on deck".