The leading character or a major character in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text
What is Protagonist
100
Something that is simultaneously itself and a sign of something else.
What is Symbol
100
Poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical
What is Free Verse
100
Deliberate exaggeration, overstatement
What is Hyperbole
100
A statement that seems to be self-contradicting but, in fact is true
What is Paradox
200
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something
What is antagonist
200
The main thought expressed by a work
What is Theme
200
Rhyme that occurs within a line, rather than at the end
What is Internal Rhyme
200
A combination of opposites; the union of contradictory items
What is Oxymoron
200
A composition that imitates the style of another composition that imitates the style of another composition normally for comic effect
What is Parody
300
A conventional pattern, expression, character, or idea.
What is Stereotype
300
The manner in which an author expresses his or her attitude; the intonation of the voice that expresses meaning
What is Tone
300
Normally a 14 line iambic pentameter poem
What is Sonnet
300
The theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support
What is Thesis
300
irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
What is Situational Irony
400
The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; peak
What is Climax
400
The methods involved in telling a story; the procedures used by a writer of stories or accounts
What is Narrative Technique
400
A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud
What is Siloquy
400
A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness
What is Euphemism
400
A figure of speech in which intent and actual meaning differ
What is Irony
500
The conclusion
What is Epilogue
500
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person omniscient
Voice
...are all examples of?
What is Point of View
(Any of several possible vantage points from which a story is told)
500
That which goes before, especially the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
What is Antecedent
500
The implications of a word or phrase, as opposed to its exact meaning
What is Connotion
500
Writing that seeks to arouse a reader's disapproval of an object by ridicule and to create a change in society