Literary vocabulary
Literary vocabulary
Literary vocabulary
Literary vocabulary
Literary vocabulary
100
It is a literary term used to describe the events that make up a story or the main part of a story. These events relate to each other in a pattern or a sequence.
What is plot?
100
A Greek term meaning “ladder”, is that particular point in a narrative at which the conflict or tension hits the highest point.
What is climax?
100
The central character or leading figure in poetry, narrative, novel or any other story.
What is a progagonist?
100
A character or a group of characters which stand in opposition to the protagonist or the main character.
What is an antagonist?
100
It is is a literary element that involves a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist.
What is conflict?
200
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
200
It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought.
What is syntax?
200
The way a writer writes and it is the technique which an individual author uses in his writing. It varies from author to author and depends for example upon one’s syntax.
What is style?
200
An attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience. It is generally conveyed through the choice of words or the viewpoint of a writer on a particular subject
What is tone?
200
It is a stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first consonant sound, occur close together in a series.
What is alliteration?
300
the angle of considering things, which shows us the opinion, or feelings of the individuals involved in a situation.
What is point of view?
300
It takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds.
What is assonance?
300
The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place.
What is setting?
300
A figure of speech which makes an implicit, implied or hidden comparison between two things or objects that are poles apart from each other but have some characteristics common between them
What is a metaphor?
300
Part of a sentence or an event that is left out by substituting it with ellipses is often used to either save time or use it as a stylistic element by allowing the reader to fill in the gaps by using their imagination.
What is the iceberg principle?
400
In poetry, it is a division of four or more lines having a fixed length, meter or rhyming scheme.
What is stanza?
400
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is atmosphere?
400
Figurative language to represent objects, actions and ideas in such a way that it appeals to our physical senses.
What is figurative language?
400
A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
What is personification?
500
A figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different using the words as or like.
What is a simile?
500
This can be defined as style of speaking or writing determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer.
What is diction?
500
It is used step by step in literature to highlight and explain the details about a character in a story.
What is characterization?
500
It is defined as a word, which imitates the natural sounds of a thing. It creates a sound effect that mimics the thing described, making the description more expressive and interesting.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
It is a form of language that has no formal metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech, and ordinary grammatical structure rather than rhythmic structure, such as in the case of traditional poetry
What is prose?
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