The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together. "The sun was shining on the sea.."
What is alliteration?
100
The way a writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is characterization?
100
Conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
100
The arrangement of events in the order in which they occurred.
What is chronological order?
200
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse?
200
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as if it had human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
" the sun smiled down on the swimmers..."
What is personification?
200
the point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest.
What is climax?
200
When there is a contrast, or difference, between what we expect and what really happens.
What is irony?
200
A meaning, association, or emotion suggested by a word, in addition to the dictionary definition, or denotation.
Ex. Determined vs. pigheaded
What is connotation?
300
A song or songlike poem that tells a story.
What is ballad?
300
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood as literally true.
What is figure of speech?
300
A struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces.
What is conflict?
300
One of the characters, usingthte personal pronoun "I", tells the story.
What is first person point of view?
300
A work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors.
What is drama?
400
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is couplet?
400
An imaginative comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing.
"You have a heart of stone."
What is metaphor?
400
The final part of the story in which the conflict is resolved and the story is brought to a close.
What is resolution?
400
The narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems and can tell us about the past, the present, and the future of the characters.
What is omniscient point of view?
400
The general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals.
What is theme?
500
Language that appeals to the senses.
"A slow widening of her thin black lips to show even, small white teeth, then the slow effortless closing."
What is imagery?
500
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word such as like, as, than, or resembles.
"Her face was as round as a pumpkin."
What is simile?
500
Arise when the characters take steps to resolve the conflict.
What is complications?
500
The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character.
What is 3rd person point of view?
500
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit, much like a paragraph in prose.