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200

A poem's rhyme scheme refers to its pattern of this.

What is end rhyme?

200

This is hinting at events that will occur later in the story.

What is foreshadowing?

200

Although Don Quixote believes himself to be attacking a fierce giant, he in fact goes to battle against one of these.

What is a windmill?

200

Dialogue written to reflect qualities of a character's speech is called this.

What is dialogue?

200

This is the only type of conflict not explored in "The Duel."

What is man against a greater force?

400

The words rough and through are an example of this.

What is eye rhyme?

400

This is the creation of a setting reflecting the characteristic features of a specific region.

What is local color?

400
"The Possibility of Evil" makes use of two of these.

What are plot twists?

400
This is the moment of highest emotional intensity within a story.

What is the climax?

400

This type of verse is most like the natural rhythms of spoken English.

What is blank verse?

600

This is the most common poetic meter in the English language.

What is iambic pentameter?

600

This is the event in most stories that sets the conflict in motion.

What is the inciting moment?

600

This is the secondary conflict seen in "The Duel."

What is man against man (Vladimir vs. his opponent)?

600

A particular character or force that opposes a story's protagonist is called this.

What is an antagonist?

600
Words like "pop," "drip," and "splash," that sound like what they mean are called this.

What is onomatopoeia? 

800

This is a narrative poem, often derived from folklore and originally intended to be sung.

What is a ballad?

800

This is a type of irony that occurs when a story violates a reader's normal expectations.

What is situational irony?

800

This character is the antagonist of "Top Man."

Who is Osborn?

800

This is the period where the reader is introduced to the setting, characters, and situation of a story.

What is the exposition?

800
This technique takes advantage of a reader's natural curiosity and increases the emotional weight of conflict resolution by withholding plot details.

What is suspense?

1000

This is a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, containing three quatrains and a concluding couplet.

What is an English Sonnet?

1000

This is a person, place, thing, or idea that means something in addition to itself within a poem or story.

What is a symbol?

1000

These particular character traits led to Phaethon's downfall.

What are pride and rashness?

1000
A situation in which the reader is aware of a plot development of which the characters are not is called this.

What is dramatic irony?

1000

This is the Latin term for a story in which the plot begins in the middle of the action.

What is in medias res?

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