Defining Literary Terms
Types of Essays
Parts of an Essay
Using Literary Terms
Miscellaneous
100
What are two examples of that which is not a sentence but contains a subject and a verb.
What is an independent clause, and a dependent clause
100
This type of essay provides the authors idea through the form of a story.
What is Narration.
100
The opening to an essay
What is the Introduction
100
"Her smile was a mile wide" is an example of what literary term?
What is a Hyperbole
100
What is an apostrophe? (hint, not the punctuatuation mark)
What is "A figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or personified abstraction"
200
"The word, phrase, or clause reffered to by a pronoun"
What is the antecedent
200
This type of essay identifies a subject/s
What is Definition
200
The basics, necessary information
What is the Narration
200
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"... what literary term is Charles Dickens here?
What is Parallelism
200
An imitation
What is a parody
300
The opposing position to the main argument
What is the Antithesis
300
This essay is a, "How To..."
What is Process Analysis
300
When the question is answered
What is the Conclusion
300
snap, crackle, pop
What is an Onomatopoeia
300
What literary term is used in this example? Reffering to wheels, rather than the car itself
What is a Synecdoche
400
A reference, to something well known
What is an Allusion
400
The author uses experiences to convey point
What is Description
400
Contradictions
What is the Refutation
400
What literary term is used in this poem by Robert Frost? "Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if I had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice."
What is a Litote
400
Associating two or more different senses in the same image
What is Synesthesia
500
Way to describe words that are overly academic
What is Pedantic
500
This type of essay argues by use of examples
What is Exemplification
500
The evidence for the argument
What is the Confirmation
500
What literary term is this? No reptiles have fur. All snakes are reptiles. No snakes have fur
What is Syllogism
500
"Didactic" is what type of tone?
What is Neutral
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