Sentences
Literary Terms
Literary Devices 1
Literary Devices 2
Miscellaneous
100

Who or what the sentence is about...

The Subject

100

When the story is told from the perspective of the protagonist (typically)

1st Person

100
Extreme exaggeration I am so hungry, I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
100
The atmosphere created by an author's word choices.
Mood
100
An indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea. When I thought about my chemistry final, I knew what David must have felt when facing Goliath.
Allusion
200
Independent or dependent? I WILL GO ON A TRIP
Independent
200

The four types of endings are...

Happy, Sad, Indeterminate (cliffhanger), Surprise

200
A phrase that has taken on a meaning different from what is expected. "...Don't let him get your goat" (Lee 76).
Idiom
200

The point on the lot chart when we are introduced to our characters and setting.

Exposition

200
"My locker is a garbage dump" is an example of what type of figurative language?
metaphor
300
Independent or dependent? SINCE THE TIRE IS FLAT
Dependent
300

This is the use of irony, sarcasm and humor to criticize or show the ignorance of people. Usually something in the real world (political, societal...)

Satire

300
The literal, dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
300
The emotional response created by a word. These are the CONNECTIONS we make to that word.
Connotation.
300
"The moon was as round as a glowing baseball" is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
400

This is appropriately used to connect two closely related independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction, indicating a closer relationship between the clauses than a period would.

Semi Colon

400

The main 4 types of characters are...(not protagonist or antagonist)

Round, Flat, Dynamic, Static

400
The attitude an author takes toward a subject
Tone
400
The point of highest emotional intensity in a story
Climax
400

What is 'A' in TPCASTT

Attitude

500

This type of punctuation is used to create suspense or show a train of thought has trailed off...

Ellipsis 

500

When the story is told from the point of view of someone who is watching the characters and events unfold, but they are all knowing. 

3rd person Omniscient

500

A rhetorical device in which parallelism is used to express two ideas that are directly opposed. “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”

Antithesis 

500

"The fire station burned down after installing their new state-of-the-art sprinkler system" - what kind of irony is this? 

Situational

500

Implied or additional meaning that a word or phrase imparts. Such meaning is often subjective.

Connotation 

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