Drama Terms
Persuasive Writing Techniques
Rhetoric
Short Story Terms
Poetry Terms
100
when the audience knows more than the actors on stage
What is dramatic irony
100
to repeat an idea using the exact same words
What is repetition
100
words that have emotional connotations
What are charged words
100
a struggle for a character
What is a conflict
100
when something stands for itself and something larger
What is symbolism
200
a long speech given by a character in the presence of other characters
What is a monologue
200
to repeat an idea using different words or phrasing
What is restatement
200
using the same or similar grammatical structures in a group of words
What is parallelism
200
when an author uses adjectives to describe his characters
What is direct characterization
200
the author's attitude toward his subject
What is tone
300
when a character reveals his thoughts through a long speech when he is alone on stage
What is a soliloquy
300
a comparison between two different objects
What is a metaphor
300
the logic or reason of an argument
What is logos
300
understanding more about characters through their thoughts and actions and/or others' thoughts about those characters
What is indirect characterization
300
the feeling evoked in the reader
What is mood
400
when a character makes a statement intended for the audience to hear, but not the other characters on stage
What is an aside
400
a comparison using like or as
What is a simile
400
the writer's credibility
What is ethos
400
the time and place of a story
What is setting
400
sensory description used to create a mental picture
What is imagery
500
a play where the protagonist dies
What is a tragedy
500
a reference to art, literature or history for the sake of comparison
What is an allusion
500
the writer's use of emotional appeal
What is pathos
500
when the chronological order of a story is interrupted by an event that happened earlier
What is a flashback
500
giving human like qualities to something that is not human
What is personification
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