Definitions
Alliteration
What is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words or accented syllables?
Romance, fiction, nonfiction, and historical fiction are examples of...
What is Genre?
The writer’s attitude toward her or her subject, characters, or audience.
What is tone?
ABAB is an examle of
What is Rhyme Scheme?
man vs. society is an example of...
conflict
Direct Characterization
What is the author telling the audience what a character is like?
Jim Smiley would follow a bug as far as Mexico to win a bet.
What is a hyperbole?
A widely used saying or expression that contains a figurative meaning that is different from the phrase's literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
A skull is a _______ for death
What is symbol?
The end of the central conflict
What is resolution?
Dialogue
What is a conversation between characters?
Death is a long sleep.
What is a metaphor?
A story or tale with teo or more levels of meaning– a literal level and one or more symbolic levels.
What is an Allegory?
A ____ is a work of literature, especially a play, that shows the downfall or death of the main character, or tragic hero.
What is tragedy?
A character struggles with their own opposing desires or beliefs
What is internal conflict?
Flashback
What is a section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events to relate an event from an earlier time?
Buzz, hiss, murmur, or rustle
What is onomatopoeia?
A songlike poem that tells a story, often one dealing with adventure and romance
What is a ballad?
A _____ is a writing that ridicules or criticizes individuals, ideas, institutions, social conventions, or other works of art or literature.
What is satire?
Type of conflict with two characters struggling against each other.
What is Man vs. Man?
Foreshadowing
What is the use of clues to suggest events that have yet to occur?
The trees looked like pitchforks against the sullen sky.
What is a simile?
Meditative lyric poem lamenting the death of a public personage or of a friend or loved one.
What is elegy?
A ____ is a humorous imitation of a literary work, one that exaggerates or distorts the characteristic features of the original.
What is a parody?
The events of a story that occur after the resolution.
What is denouement?