The repetition of an initial consonant sound. This literary term is often used in poetry.
Example: "Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration
100
This is the part of any basic plot line, and is the most exciting or intense part. Stories build up to this
What is climax
100
This is a community or society that is in some important way undesirable or frightening. It is literally translated as "not-good place.
Example: "The Hunger Games"
What is dystopia
100
This occurs when the reader is led to believe that one thing will happen when, in fact, the opposite occurs: and/or when the reader/audience knows something, but the characters within the story do not
What is irony
100
This refers to the sequence of events and happenings that make up a story.
What is plot
200
The character, group of characters, or institution that opposes the main character.
Example: Voldemort opposes the main character Harry in "Harry Potter."
What is an antagonist
200
It is a literary device used for expressing a resistance the main character of the story finds in achieving his aims or dreams
What is conflict
200
This is a literary device where the author depicts the occurrence of specific events to the reader, which have taken place before the present time the narration is following.
What is flashback
200
An implied comparison that is made between two unlike things that actually have something important in common.
Comparison without using like or as
What is metaphor
200
The manner in which a story is narrated or depicted and who it is that tells the story: this determines the angle and perception of the story unfolding,
What is point of view
300
This is created when the setting or scene creates an emotional response in the reader/viewer.
Example: In the gloom the courtyard looked of considerable size, and as several dark ways led from it under great round arches...I have not yet been able to see it by daylight
What is atmosphere
300
This is a simple image/drawing showing the features of its subject in an exaggerated or simplified way. In literature, it is a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and oversimplification of others.
Example: Usually in drawings, the artist makes the head really big and the rest of the body really small.
What is caricature
300
The literary device that refers to the use of words/phrases that give hints to the reader of something this is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense; used to suggest an upcoming event or outcome
What is foreshadowing
300
The term that refers to words that imitate or represent a sound.
Example: "Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom bass"
What is onomatopoeia
300
A play on words, sometimes on different sense of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense of sound of different words.
Example: They're selling dead batteries, free of charge.
What is pun
400
A comparison between two things for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
Example:
What is analogy
400
This is an expression, idea, or element of work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, even to the point of being irritating.
What is cliche
400
One of the strongest devices in literature wherein the author uses words/phrases to create "mental images" for the reader using the 5 senses.
What is imagery
400
This refers to the practice of attaching human traits and characteristics with inanimate objects and animals.
What is personification
400
The time and place of the events of the story. Helps establish where and when and under what circumstances the story is taking place.
What is setting
500
In literature, this is a central character who lacks conventional heroic qualities. They blur the line between hero and villain.
Example: Dexter is a serial killer who kills other murderers. He lacks normal heroic qualities, yet the show is constructed so you are on his side.
What is an Anti-Hero
500
This is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction. It is used to ensure the audience will return to see how the characters resolve the dilemma.
What is a cliffhanger
500
An exaggeration in writing that is used for effect
Example: "I'd catch a grenade for ya, Throw my hand on a blade for ya, I'd jump in front of train for ya, You know I'd do anything for ya"
What is hyperbole
500
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect.
Example: "Scary Movie" "Weird Al" Yankovic
What is parody
500
Comparison between two unrelated and dissimilar things using like or as