The speaker intends to be understood as meaning something that contrasts with the literal or usual meaning (sarcasm).
What is verbal irony?
100
A short, amusing, or interesting story.
What is anecdote?
100
A fourteen line lyric poem that has a set form and rhyme scheme
What is sonnet?
200
The subject is doing the action in a sentence.
What is active voice?
200
Fame is a bee.
What is a metaphor?
200
Two line stanza
What is a couplet?
200
The way an author looks at a topic or what is being described.
What is author's perspective?
200
A five line poem written about nature, seasons, love, sadness, and other strong emotions.
What is a tanka?
300
The repeating consonant sound in a poem or rhyme.
What is consonance?
300
The willow is like an etching.
What is a simile?
300
four line stanza
What is a quatrain?
300
The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is?
What is understatement?
300
The attitude a writer takes towards his audience.
What is tone?
400
the use of words that imitate sounds: CRASH! BOOM! HISS!
What is onomatopoeia?
400
Abuelito who is dough and feathers.
What is a metaphor?
400
Drama that is in speeches or situation of drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
What is dramatic irony?
400
The writer investigates an idea, evaluates evidence, and writes about their findings in a clear and concise manner.
What is expository essay?
400
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
500
The repetition of consonant sounds in the beginning of words.
What is alliteration?
500
is a doorknob tied to a sour stick
What is a metaphor
500
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?
500
A conclusion reached based on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is inferences?
500
A statement that, despite sound reasoning from acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that seems senseless and logically unacceptable.