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Figurative Language
Writing
Grab Bag
100
A pair of two lines that rhyme
What is a couplet
100
The attitude a writer takes to the subject
What is tone
100
Speech or writing that departs from literal meaning in order to achieve a special effect or meaning, speech or writing employing figures of speech
What is figurative speech
100
Arranged in order of occurrence
What is chronological
100
A literary device where an earlier event is inserted into the order of the narrative
What is flashback
200
Descriptive words and phrases that create a picture in the reader's mind
What is imagery
200
The narrative voice is outside the action, not a character in the story
What is third-person narration
200
Comparing two unlike things using like or as
What is simile
200
The overall idea or point of a text or paragraph
What is central idea
200

Language that appeals to the five senses

What is sensory language or imagery

300
"paragraph" of a poem, where the poem is broken up
What is a stanza
300
A major division in a play
What is an act
300
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as
What is metaphor
300
An underlying message about life or human nature that a writer wants the reader to understand
What is Theme
300
The perspective from which a speaker or writer recounts a narrative
What is point of view
400
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human
What is personification
400
A writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness
What is diction
400
Extreme exaggeration for effect
What is hyperbole
400
How a writer chooses specific words to convey meaning or express a feeling
What is word choice
400

The study of the technique of using language effectively

What is rhetoric

500
Repetition of sounds or letters at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration
500
A piece of writing about a courageous hero who, because of a character flaw, brings ruin upon himself
What is a tragedy
500
Using objects, colors or symbols to represent ideas or qualities
What is symbolism
500
A sentence or group of sentences that directly express the author's opinion, purpose, meaning, or position
What is thesis
500
A tendency to favor one side, or an opinion for or against one topic
What is bias
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