When it appears to be one way and it is another way.
What is situational irony
100
In literature, a word, a character, an object, an image, a metaphor, or an idea that recurs in a work or in several works
What is motif?
100
events that lead to the resolution
What is falling action?
100
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things by using “like” or “as”.
What is a simile?
200
Clues about something that will happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Sarcastic; say one thing and means something else.
What is verbal irony?
200
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
Example: clap, squish, sizzle, boom, wheeze
What is onomatopoeia?
200
the turning point; the tensest or most exciting part of the plot
What is climax?
200
The uncertainty or anxiety we feel about what is going to happen next in a story.
What is suspense?
300
Figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or to create a comic effect.
What is hyperbole?
300
A written account in which someone (such as a famous performer or politician) describes past a past experience.
What is memoir?
300
An apparent contradiction that is actually true; a seemingly contradictory or false phrase that is actually true.
What is a paradox?
300
: also called the denouement; all the problems or conflict is resolved; the end
What is resolution?
300
person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
What is symbol/symbolism?
400
using context clues to come to a conclusion
What is inference?
400
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
What is a metaphor?
400
events that make up the storyline
What is plot?
400
the reason a writer or author writes.
What is purpose?
400
The formation of grammatical sentences and the patterns of the formation of sentences and phrases from words in a language.
What is syntax/sentence structure?
500
When the reader knows something the character does not know.
What is dramatic irony?
500
A figure of speech in which something closely related to a thing or suggested by it is substituted for the thing itself.
What is metonymy?
500
the events that lead to the climax
What is rising action?
500
a technique of using language effectively and persuasively in spoken or written form. It is an art of discourse, which studies and employs various methods to convince, influence or please an audience.
What is rhetoric?
500
The central idea or insight about human experience revealed in a work of literature.