Grammar
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Literary Terms
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100

A thing, place, idea, person, animal

What is noun?

100

‘Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?‘

Romeo and Juliet

100

Comparison between two things without like or as

What is metaphor?

100

A virtual reality space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users

Metaverse

200

The technical term for a noun/noun phrase added to provide extra information about a subject

What is an appositive?

200

‘To be, or not to be: that is the question’

Hamlet

200

An imitation of someone or something for comedic effect

What is parody?

200

A person who works temporary jobs typically in the service sector as an independent contractor or freelancer

Gig Worker

300

A completed sentence must have a subject, a verb, and this.

What is object/completion?

300

‘All that glisters is not gold.‘

The Merchant of Venice

300

This figure determines the way the audience understands the story

What is the narrator?

300

A holiday in your home country rather than abroad

Staycation

400

A complete sentence is also called this

What is an independent clause?

400

‘Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?’

Macbeth

400

This is how we understand characters more deeply

What is characterization?

400

A state of stress caused by concern for the earth’s environment

Eco-anxiety 

500

A group of words containing a verb

What is a clause?

500

‘Nothing will come of nothing.’

King Lear

500

"The wind howled" is an example of this

What is personification?

500

Anxiety caused by being without access to a functioning mobile phone

Nomophobia

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