Things Starting with 'A'
Drawing Comparisons
Weirdo Terms
Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
Poet and Didn't Know It
100
Referring to another work/person/idea within your work.
What is an Allusion?
100
Comparing using like or as, AND, comparing without like or as.
What are simile and metaphor?
100
When the author unequally represents sides based on his/her own prejudices.
What is bias?
100
Terms, words, and sayings which are common between a group of people working, or studying a certain topic.
What is jargon?
100
When the endings of words match, creating a rhythm within a work.
What is rhyme?
200
The repetition of consonant sounds which creates a rhythm in literature.
What is alliteration?
200
When two things which are opposite are placed next to one another for effect: bittersweet.
What is an oxymoron?
200
When the author alludes to an earlier event in their story, usually to create background for the character.
What is a flashback?
200
The big idea, or message within a work.
What is theme?
200
The poetic paragraph.
What is a stanza?
300
Ms. Eddie's Halloween costume
Who is Agnes?
300
When something is downplayed for effect in writing: 'two hundred dollars for a speeding ticket is just pocket change...'.
What is an understatement?
300
Alluding to the ending, or what is going to happen, early in a work of literature.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Any formation of mental images in your mind while reading a work.
What is imagery?
300
A poem with 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
400
A writing style which seeks to back up the writer's opinion with facts and quotes.
What is argumentative writing style?
400
When an object or person represents something not implied or obvious in a story/poem.
What is symbolism?
400
When a dead, or non-human object is given person-like qualities.
What is personification?
400
When the opposite of what you want to occur, happens.
What is irony?
400
A word which doubles as a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Your Dad's sister is called this.
What is an auntie?
500
The 'all knowing' point of view in literature.
What is omniscient point of view?
500
An overused expression which has usually lost meaning due to its overuse.
What is a cliche?
500
A word which has two meanings, one of which is usually humorous within context.
What is a pun?
500
An exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
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