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Fiction terms
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100

a poem with 14 lines 

What is a sonnet?

100

A type of humor that involves imitation. 

What is parody?

100

Using double meaning humorously

What is double entendre?

100

The main character

What is the protagonist?

100

A character that lacks depth. 

What is flat?

200

A poem about a dead person


What is an elegy?

200

A humor that involves exaggeration. 

What is hyperbole?

200

A humorous play on words. 

What is a pun?

200

The character who thwarts the main character. 

What is the antagonist?

200

A complexly depicted character

What is a round character?

300

A poem that contains 5 words, seven words, and then five words. 

What is a haiku?

300

A humor that has to do with an unexpected outcome. 

What is situational irony?

300

A type of physical comedy

What is slapstick?

300

When you say what a character is like. 

What is direct characterization?

300

A character that changes during the narrative. 

What is a dynamic character? 

400

A humorous poem that begins stating where the person is from. 

What is a limerick?

400

A tyoe of humor when one says the opposite of what one means. 

What is verbal irony?

400

A type of humor that refers to bodily functions. 

What is scatological?

400

When you show what a character is like through actions. 

What is indirect characterization?

400

An inner struggle of a character

What is man versus himself?

500

A poem that tells a story. 

What is a dramatic monologue?

500

A type of humor that involves references to physicality. 

What is ribaldry?

500

A type of humor in which things are put together which normally are not. 

What is incongruity?

500

A character that does not change. 

What is a static character?

500

A character that fights against other characters.

What is man versus man?

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