The author tells us directly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
100
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
100
When someone says one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony?
100
an exaggerated figure of speech
What is hyperbole?
200
Unrhymed poetry
What is free verse?
200
A character struggles within himself.
What is internal conflict?
200
"POW," "ZAP," and "BANG" are examples of this figurative language type.
What is onomatopoeia?
200
A short story that teaches a moral
What is a parable?
200
Tom Sawyer to Huck Finn
What is a foil?
300
Four lines of poetry.
What is a quatrain?
300
man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. society
What is external conflict?
300
"Jumbo shrimp" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is an oxymoron?
300
A work that makes fun of another piece of work.
What is parody?
300
A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. Ex. "We requested the crown support for petition."
What is metonymy?
400
"The President is a lame duck who is running out of gas."
What is a mixed metaphor?
400
A character that has only one or two personality traits.
What is a flat character?
400
"Gonna" is an example of word used in everyday language.
What is colloquialism?
400
19th century writing that depicts life as it is...
What is realism?
400
Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea.
What is apostrophe?
500
"I like to see it lap the miles."
What is an implied metaphor?
500
A character that changes in some important way.
What is a dynamic character?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
500
A reference to another piece of literature.
What is allusion?
500
Informal spoken language rather than a dictionary definition.