Befuddling Devices
The rhyming of initial consonant sounds of words in close proximity in a line or sentence
What is alliteration?
The main character in a story
What is protagonist?
The rhyming of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme
What is assonance?
Giving non-human things human-like qualities
What is personification?
A type of writing used to convince the reader that the opinion, or assertion, or claim, of the writer is correct or valid.
What is persuasion or a persuasive essay?
The use of words to imitate sound
What is onomatopoeia?
The main opposing person or force to the protagonist
What is antagonist?
A hint or advanced warning of what is going to happen in a story
What is foreshadowing?
A comparison using “like” or “as”
What is simile?
The most important sentence in a paragraph which identifies the main idea.
What is a topic sentence?
DAILY DOUBLE!
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is an allusion?
The way an author describes or reveals a character through the use of descriptive adjectives or phrases.
What is Direct Characterization?
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly .
What is theme?
A direct comparison that does not use like or as
What is metaphor?
DAILY DOUBLE!
A method of organization in which actions or events are presented as they occur or occurred in time
What is chronological order?
A type of irony in which what you expect to happen is the opposite of what actually happens.
What is situational irony?
The series of events that make up a story.
What is plot?
A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The use of an exaggerated statement to create an impression
What is hyperbole?
The style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer
What is diction?
Reaching a conclusion based on evidence from a text
What is inference or prediction?
The process by which the author shows the character's personality through speech, actions and appearance
What is Indirect Characterization?
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
What is bias?
The use of words or images in literature to represent larger ideas
What is symbolism?
A balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure
What is parallelism?