MLA Format
Literary Terms 1
Literary Terms 2
Literary Terms 3
Literary Terms 4
100

Type of font

What is Times New Roman?

100

exaggeration

what is hyperbole?

100
conversation between two or more characters

what is dialogue?

100

character with one or two defining characteristics

what is a flat character?

100

a character that does not change over course of story

what is a static character?

200
The number of spaces between lines

What is two or double?

200

"the sage" "the villain" "the damsel in distress"

what is archetype?

200
"bonk" "oink" "ding"
what is onomatopoeia?
200

atmosphere in a text that creates feeling within reader

what is mood?

200

technique that "tugs on the heartstrings"

what is pathos?

300

The date written out

What is day month year?

300

attitude of a writer towards a subject

what is tone?

300

the cloud was as fluffy as cotton candy

what is a simile?

300

"make like a tree and leave"

what is a pun?

300

the distinct way in which a writer expresses ideas

what is voice?

400

The header is placed on this side of page

What is left justified?

400

repetition of final consonant sounds after different vowel sounds

what is consonance?

400

"jumbo shrimp" "fiery coldness"

what is oxymoron?

400

technique in which writer encourages his or her audience to behave a certain way

what is call to action?

400

character with fixed characteristics based on a group affiliation

what is stereotype?

500

The order of the header

what is (student) name, teacher's name, class, date?

500

an extended metaphor in which objects, etc. represent things outside narrative

what is an allegory?

500

a brief, cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life

what is aphorism?

500

"He has a chip on his shoulder"

what is an idiom?
500

repetition of words, phrases, sentences with the same grammatical structure

what is parallelism?
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