A figure of speech which makes brief reference to an historical or literary figure, event, or object.
What is allusion?
100
The resolution of a plot after the climax.
What is denouement?
100
A figure of speech in which inanimate objects are given qualities of speech and/or movement.
What is personification?
100
Anything that stands for or represents anything else.
What is symbol?
100
A statement in which the literal sense of what is said falls short of the magnitude of what is being talked about.
What is understatement?
200
The method a writer uses to reveal the personality of a character in a literary work.
What is characterization?
200
The arrangements and presentations of events and information in such a way that prepare for later events.
What is foreshadowing?
200
All forms of written expression not having a regular rhythmical pattern.
What is prose?
200
Device used to produce effective speaking or writing.
What is rhetorical device?
200
A flaw or error in judgment.
What is tragic flaw?
300
The part of a plot in which the entanglement caused by the conflict is developed.
What is complication?
300
Writing or speech not meant to be taken literally; states something that is not literally true in order to create an effect.
What is figurative language?
300
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.
What is meter?
300
A fully developed character who is complex, multi-dimensional, and convincing.
What is round character?
300
An ingredient of a literary work which gives the work unity.
What is theme?
400
Informal, not always grammatically correct expressions that find acceptance in certain areas and within certain groups.
What is colloquial expressions?
400
A tale in which beasts behave like humans.
What is fable?
400
A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time.
What is pun?
400
A broad and general statement that cannot be proven easily.
What is sweeping generalization?
400
The statement of the main position in an essay or speech.
What is thesis?
500
The comparison of two things, which are alike in several respects, for the purpose of explaining or clarifying some unfamiliar or difficult idea or object by showing how the idea or object is similar to some familiar one.
What is analogy?
500
A noun complement that comes after an action verb in an English sentence.
What is direct object?
500
A quality in a work that makes the reader experience pity, sorrow, or tenderness.