Poetry
Short Story
Nonfiction
Drama
Grab Bag
100
a poem with a shape that suggests its subject
What is concrete?
100
the general feeling a story conveys
What is mood?
100
the expression of the same idea in different words to strengthen a point
What is restatement?
100
the most famous theater in the history of the English stage where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed
What is the Globe?
100
the dictionary meaning of a word
What is denotation?
200
compares 2 things by stating one thing in terms of something else
What is metaphor?
200
an object or story element that stands for a larger meaning
What is symbol?
200
language specific to a certain discipline
What is technical language?
200
the author of a play
What is playwright?
200
the form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group
What is dialect?
300
the "voice" of the poem
What is speaker?
300
the turning point in the story; the moment of highest suspense or tension
What is climax?
300
grouping details according to their similarities and differences
What is comparison-and-contrast organization
300
a long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to other characters on stage
What is monologue?
300
words are used to suggest the opposite of what is meant
What is verbal irony?
400
the repetition of final consonant sounds in stressed syllables with different vowel sounds
What is consonance?
400
a struggle between opposing forces
What is conflict?
400
inquiries that have obvious answers and that are asked for effect
What is rhetorical questions?
400
the characters' spoken words
What is dialogue?
400
writing or speech not meant to be taken literally
What is figurative language?
500
a poetic foot made up of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
What is iamb?
500
a problem or struggle that takes place in the mind of a character
What is internal conflict?
500
statements that can be proved true
What is statements of fact?
500
basic units of organization in a drama
What is acts
500
a word or phrase that appeals to one or more of the senses
What is image?
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