Category #1
The repetition of initial sounds in successive or neighboring words.
What is alliteration?
A main character of a plot who is in opposition to or in conflict with the protagonist. This person usually complicates the conflict and plot.
What is antagonist?
The point of highest interest in a literary work.
What is climax?
A problem, issue, or challenge that must be solved. This is the driving force for all the action and events in the plot.
What is conflict?
Conversation between two or more people.
What is dialogue?
Two consecutive lines with words at the end that rhyme.
What is couplet?
An expression that has been overused to the extent that its freshness has worn off.
What is cliche?
A nonfiction story about a person's life written by someone else.
What is biography?
A nonfiction story written by an author about himself/herself.
What is autobiography?
The introduction and development of the personalities of the individuals in a piece of literature.
What is characterization?
Stories that include characters, settings, and/or events that were created in the imagination of the writer. If any of these three is invented, the entire story is deemed fiction.
What is fiction?
When the narrator or a character in the story explicitly tells readers what they need to know about a character.
What is direct characterization?
Side comments by a character on stage, which the other characters appear not to hear or react to.
What is a side?
The opening part of the plot that introduces the setting, characters, and conflict.
What is exposition?
An individual who changes, learns, and grows from his/her experiences during the story.
What is dynamic character?
Language employing one or more figures of speech (simile, metaphor, imagery, etc...).
What is figurative language?
A struggle or problem originating outside a character, I.e. man v. man, man v. nature, man v. society
What is external conflict?
The literal meaning of a word (the precise dictionary definition).
What is denotation?
A variety of speech characterized by its own particular grammar or pronunciation, often associated with a particular geographical region.
What is dialect?
A sudden perception or moment of understanding that causes a character to change or act in a certain way.
What is epiphany?
Repetition of the same consonant sounds in neighboring words.
What is consonance?
The implied or associative meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
Repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words (not the same as rhyme).
What is assonance?
A brief narrative (story) that focuses on a particular incident or event.
What is anecdote?
What is allusion?