Literature
Literature II
Literature III
Literature IV
Miscellaneous
100
A comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
100
A comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is metaphor?
100
A conversation between two characters in a drama.
What is dialogue?
100
A long speech by one character in a drama to other characters.
What is monologue?
100

Words used to move smoothly from one sentence, idea, or paragraph to another.

What is transition word?

200
Giving a non-human object human-like qualities. The chair weeped when the large man sat down.
What is personification?
200
The emotions created in a reader when reading a story.
What is mood?
200

The sequence of events in a story. 

What is plot?

200
Directions given to actors and directors on how to set up scenes and move people around the stage.
What is stage directions?
200
The group of people you are writing to.
What is audience?
300
The attitude an author has towards what they are writing.
What is tone?
300

a person in a novel, play or film

What is character?

300

A word formed by imitation of a natural sound

What is onomatopoeia?

300
The repeating of words again and again for effect.
What is repetition?
300

This is where a group of 3 words, phrases or ideas are used one after another in a memorable way.

What is the rule of 3 in writing?

400

An object that represents or stands for something else. 

What is symbolism?

400

The repeating of the same sounds at the beginning of a series of words in sentence

What is alliteration?

400

a question asked in order to create a dramatic effect rather than get an answer

What is a rhetorical question?

400

A way of speaking where something is bigger, better, smaller etc. than it really is (exaggerated) 

What is hyperbole? 

400

A type of writing where the storyteller or narrator tells the story from their own personal experience - uses pronouns like: "I"/ "My" /"we" etc

What is first person point of view?

500

Is the suggested or secondary meaning of a word apart from the explicit meaning.  

What is connotation?

500

A type of irony in which the reader knows something that the characters do not.

What is dramatic irony?

500

A secret shared with an audience by a character in a drama.

What is aside?

500

A joke based on the different meanings of one word.

What is pun?

500

This is the literal or primary meaning of a word

What is denotation?

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