This device give human qualities to an inanimate object or animal.
What is personification?
100
This is a reading skill where by the reader makes a guess as to what will happen next in the story.
What is a prediction?
100
A tale that teaches a useful lesson about human nature that often uses animals in the place of human characters.
What is a fable?
100
This work is one written by someone to discuss their own experiences or because they witnessed an event.
What is a primary source?
100
This term means the way a reader feels due to the tome set by the author.
What is mood?
200
This device has one thing or object representing another
What is symbolism?
200
This short phrase is very similar to an idiom and speaks to a general truth in life. an example is: You have to be a friend in order to get a friend.
What is an aphorism?
200
This type of writing is meant to be broadcasted or printed publicly.
What is journalism?
200
This type of document is one written after the fact by someone who was not personally involved in an event.
What is a secondary source?
200
An author uses carefully selected words to create this in their writing. Some examples are: light-hearted, scary, or mysterious.
What is tone?
300
This device using exaggeration to make a point.
What is hyperbole?
300
This term means two opposite things that contradict each other. An example is: We had to destroy the town in order to save it.
What is a paradox?
300
This type of writing uses has a theory that the writer must prove.
What is a thesis paper?
300
This term means a point of view that is slanted toward one side or opinion.
What is a bias?
300
This is the original model upon which all future similar copies are based.
What is an archetype?
400
Poets want to avoid these overused phrases.
What is a cliche'?
400
This term has to do with the different meanings of words and language.
What is semantics?
400
This type of work has characters or events that represent ideas or principles.
What is a allegory?
400
A conventional or overused image. These are dangerous because they demean people and take away their individuality. An example would be a quiet and meek librarian.
What is a stereotype?
400
The way words re put together in order to form phrases or sentences.
What is syntax?
500
this fourteen line poem with a strict rhyme scheme was favored by William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barret Browning.
What is a sonnet?
500
This term means a conflict between what happens and what actually occurs. It can also be used to show the opposite of what is meant literally. An example would be saying,"What a pretty sight." to a dirty room.
What is irony?
500
This type of work parodies or makes fun of human vice or folly.
What is a satire?
500
The communication of information reflecting a particular points of view or opinions to a large group of people with the purpose of convincing the audience to think the same way. Often the same messages are repeated and shows a bias.
What is propaganda?
500
This grammatical device uses a parallel structure by using units of the same grammatical kind. Example: Jayne has many pets: a parrot, a ferret, a bulldog, a cat and a snake.