"The locale or period in which the action of a novel, play, film, etc., takes place."
What is setting?
100
"A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in 'A mighty fortress is our God.'"
What is a metaphor?
100
To delay or temporarily relieve the punishment or sentence of a condemned person.
What is reprieve?
100
Reasoning through credibility.
What is ethos?
100
“Thanks for the ticket officer you just made my day!”
What is verbal irony?
200
"A subject of discourse, discussion, meditation, or composition; topic."
What is theme?
200
"The attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure."
What is personification?
200
To revoke, repeal, annul, cancel, or invalidate by a later action or a higher authority.
What is rescind?
200
Reasoning through logic?
What is logos?
200
"In a movie where a detective does not know that the criminal responsible for the crimes in the city is his partner. The audience however is already aware of this fact and waits anxiously to know what will happen once the character finds out what they already know."
What is dramatic irony?
300
"A literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist."
What is conflict?
300
"A figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in 'she is like a rose.'."
What is a simile?
300
A group or clique within a larger group, party, government, or similar organization.
What is faction?
300
Reasoning through emotion.
What is ethos?
300
“I can’t wait to read the seven hundred page report.”
What is verbal irony?
400
"A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions."
What is mood?
400
"The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype."
What is archetype?
400
Thoughtful observation, full or deep consideration; reflection; purposeful thinking.
What is contemplation?
400
A passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:
What is allusion?
400
"Someone buys a gun to protect himself, but the same gun is used by another individual to injure him."
What is situational irony?
500
"A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions."
What is indirect characterization?
500
"The adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work."
What is an antagonist?
500
Free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean; free from moral blemish.
What is immaculate?
500
Used to suggest the stark contrast of the literal meaning
What is irony?
500
"When a character orders poisoned food that is supposed to kill him or her and the audience already knows that the character is destined to die from food poisoning."