Word choice by an author intended to convey a certain effect.
EX: The way you speak to friends vs. Ms. Cushing
A. Personification
B. Oxymoron
C. Diction
C. Diction
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Repetition of similar vowel sounds.
Ex: The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain.
A. Alliteration
B. Consonance
C. Assonance
C. Assonance.
100
A serious play or drama typically dealing with the problems of a central character, leading to an unhappy or disastrous ending. (i.e. people die).
A. Tragedy
B. History
C. Comedy
A. Tragedy
100
The use of a person, place, thing or event that stands for itself and represents some other meaning, as well.
Ex: The American flag or a white dove.
A. Symbolism
B. Personification
C. Allusion
A. Symbolism
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The Strategy known as QCHEFS can be defined as meaning?
A. Quote, Compare, How, Explain, Fact, Story
B. Question, Compare, How, Explain, Fact, Story
C. Quote, Connect, How, Explain, Fact, Story
A. Quote, Compare, How, Explain, Fact, Story
200
A technique in which an author gives clues about something that will happen later in the story.
A. Mood
B. Flashback
C. Foreshadowing
C. Foreshadowing
200
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
A. Quatrain
B. Couplet
C. Iambic
B. Couplet
200
Has the potential for greatness, but is doomed to fail. A character that is trapped in a situation that he/she cannot win. Usually his/her tragic flaw leads to failure.
A. Epic Hero
B. Tragic Hero
C. Protagonist
B. Tragic Hero
200
Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses. See, feel, hear, taste, and smell.
A. Imagery
B. Diction
C. Personification
A. Imagery
200
What MUST your essay have?
A. Thesis, Dialogue, 2 Characters, Plot
B. Thesis, repetition, & Characters
C. QCHEFS, Thesis, & Paragraphs
C. QCHEFS, Thesis, & Paragraphs
300
The dictionary meaning of a word.
A. Denotation
B. Term
C. Connotation
A. Denotation
300
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single section.
A. Paragraph
B. Stanza
C. Refrain
B. Stanza
300
Instructions written in a play that indicate actions, movements, and emotions an actor should be expressing throughout. Usually in brackets.
Ex:
[Sandra is looking at Tom. She is wearing a brown hat, and is holding Tom's hand. Both are conversing in a park.]
A. Dialogue
B. Stage Directions
C. Satire
B. Stage Directions
300
The central message or meaning that the author tries to convey in a piece of literature that relates to everyday life or human experiences.
Ex: Love conquers all
A. Thesis
B. Theme
C. Main Idea
B. Theme
300
What should your expository, 26 line essays include...
A. Symbolism, Theme, Thesis
B. Thesis, Transitions, Paragraphs
C. Theme, Introduction, Transitions
B. Thesis, Transitions, Introduction, Body, Conclusion
400
The set of ideas or emotions that are added to a word. It is not the dictionary meaning.
EX: When you say that a girl walking through the hall is HOT.
A. Denotation
B. Connotation
C. Inference
B. Connotation
400
Rhyming words that are at the end of their respective lines.
A. End Rhyme
B. Internal Rhyme
C. Close Rhyme
A. End Rhyme
400
A play that makes fun of something or someone. It's part of the Genre of comedy.
Ex: Scary Movie, Scream Queens
A. Laughing
B. Criticism
C. Satire
C. Satire
400
The action or sequence of events in a story. Usually contains 5 basic elements.
A. Linear Structure
B. Plot Structure
C. Elements of a Story
B. Plot Structure
400
What is the meaning of infer or inference?
A. Summarizing
B. Educated guess
C. Meaning of the story
B. Educated Guess
500
A statement that is contradicting. Ex: It was raining outside, but I could still see a glare of the sun.
A. Oxymoron
B. Allusion
C. Paradox
C. Paradox
500
Similar to the rhythm of your heartbeat, it is the most common type of verse. Made popular by Shakespeare.
A. Trochaic Trimeter.
B. Triplet Quatrain
C. Iambic Pentameter
C. Iambic Pentameter
500
A term when a character expresses his or her inner thoughts to the audience (to the side) and does not intend the other characters to hear.
A. Aside
B. Soliloquy
C. Dialogue
A. Aside
500
Occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite. Sarcasm is an example.
Ex: Melissa is 20 minutes late to school, and Frank says, "Melissa you arrived so early to class."
A. Irony
B. Mood
C. Tone
A. Irony
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What do the words substantiated opinion/unsubstantiated opinion mean?
A. Fact/Opinion
B. Can be proven/Cannot be proven
C. Compare/Contrast