A non-literal meaning of a word, positive or negative meanings associated with a word
What is connotation?
100
The historical period that shapes a work of literature and allows the reader to understand important issues in a given time period
What is historical context?
100
The reason why an author created his/her work
What is author's purpose?
200
A character who works against the main character
What is antagonist?
200
A short composition on a particular theme/topic
What is essay?
200
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
200
The skeleton, organization, of a work of fiction
What is narrative structure?
200
The creation of the image or imaginary characters in a literary work
What is characterization?
300
A character who is not like a real person you can meet, no past or future
What is flat character?
300
Any writing which is not poetry
What is prose?
300
A reference to something outside the work, especially a well-known historical or literary event
What is allusion?
300
A similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph
What is parallel structure?
300
Sense of taste
What is gustatory?
400
A character who never changes
What is static character?
400
A type of lyric poem in which a character addresses a distinct but silent audience imagined as being present in the poem in such a way as to reveal a dramatic situation and often unintentionally revealing a part of the speaker's temperment
What is dramatic monologue?
400
Hints about what will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
400
Introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation and explains
What is exposition?
400
The specific instructions a playwright includes concerning sets, characterization, delivery, etc.
What is stage directions?
500
A character who encounters conflict and is changed by it
What is dynamic character?
500
A story in which people, things, and events represent abstractions
What is allegory?
500
A statement that seems to be self-contradictory but is actually true
What is paradox?
500
An outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
What is denouement?
500
A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his own thoughts