Figurative Language
What is Personification
Juxtaposition of what is expected and reality.
What is Ironic
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is Plot
A group of lines separated by a blank line within a poem
Stanza
The portrayal of events through a performance of written dialogue.
What is a Drama
When a word imitates or resembles the sound it makes.
What is Onomatopoeia
When what is verbally stated is in direct opposition to what is meant.
What is Verbal Irony
The place or surroundings where an event occurs.
What is Setting
Literary device utilizing exaggeration to make or emphasize an idea or concept.
What is the Hyperbole
Instructions in a play's text describe actions, sound, and lighting.
What are Stage Directions
The repetition of the initial sounds of two or more words within a phrase.
What is Alliteration
When the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is Situational Irony
The highest point of tension where the main problem is faced.
What is Climax
Way of describing the pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
Rhyme Scheme
What is Dialogue
An explicit comparison between two things using like or as.
What is Simile
When the audience knows something that the character(s) do not know.
What is Dramatic Irony
Struggle between two opposing forces.
What is Conflict
Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables within a poem.
What is Rhythm
Character who drives the action -- whose fate matters most.
What is a Protagonists
A comparison between two things without using the words like or as.
What is Metaphor
Used to create tension and/or add humor to a scene.
Irony
What is Characterization
A literary device employing repetition of an image to stress the theme of a work.
What is Controlling Image
Character or group of characters who oppose the protagonist and create conflict.
What is an Antagonist?