Figurative Language
Persuasion
Narratives
Poetic Devices
Grab Bag
100
a sentence that compares two unlike things using "like" or as"


a) metaphor
b) simile
c) hyperbole
d) understatement

Simile
100
who the author is trying to persuade


a) narrator

b) character

c) audience

d) protagonist

Audience
100
a conversation between two or more characters


a) synagogue

b) dialogue

c) monologue

d) analogue

Dialogue
100
using a person, thing, or object to represent something else


a) alliteration

b) hyperbole

c) syntax

d) symbolism

Symbolism
100
The universal message of a story


a) tone

b) style

c) syntax

d) repetition

Theme
200

a comparison of two unlike things without using the words like or as


a) metaphor

b) simile

c) hyperbole

d) figurative

Metaphor
200
an opinion you can defend


a) thesis

b) argument

c) evidence

d) reason

Argument
200
the main or leading character in a narrative


a) antagonist

b) protagonist

c) foil character

d) narrator

Protagonist
200
the repeated use of the same word or phrase, usually for emphasis


a) alliteration

b) metaphor

c) simile

d) repetition

Repetition
200
In a narrative, the person telling the story


a) audience

b) narrator

c) character

d) reader

Narrator
300

giving human traits (qualities, feelings, actions, or characteristics) to non-living things

a) metaphor

b) personification

c) oxymoron

d) hyperbole

Personification
300
Response to an argument 

a) evidence

b) counterargument

c) citation

d) thesis

Counterargument
300
when the author mentions or hints at something that will happen later in a story


a) flashback

b) foreshadowing

c) narration

d) irony

Foreshadowing
300
Repetition of the initial letter or sound in two or more words in a line


a) alliteration

b) analogue

c) metaphor

d) antagonist

Alliteration
300

The height of conflict and intrigue in a narrative.

a) rising action

b) climax

c) exposition

d) resolution

Climax
400

an extreme exaggeration


a) simile

b) onomatopoeia

c) hyperbole

d) understatement

Hyperbole
400

facts, reasons, data, or opinions to support a claim


a) evidence

b) argument

c) opinion

d) logic

Evidence
400
point of view when the narrator is an outsider looking at the action


a) first person

b) second person

c) third person

Third person 
400
a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or other piece of literature


a) illustration

b) imagery

c) allusion

d) plot

Allusion
400
The main idea of an essay to be proved/explained found in the introduction after the hook:


a) reference

b) theme

c) opinion

d) thesis

Thesis
500
deliberately making a situation seem smaller or less important than it really is (opposite of hyperbole)
Understatement
500

an argument that appeal's to a reader's emotions 

a) ethos  

b) pathos 

c) logos

Pathos
500
point of view when the narrator is the character
first person
500
The _____________ of a narrative or essay shows the author's attitude towards the subject.


a) main idea

b) theme

c) tone

d) thesis

Tone
500
when the audience/reader knows something that the characters do not


a) verbal irony

b) situational irony

c) dramatic irony

d) basic irony

Dramatic irony
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