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The paragraph like structure in a poem
What is a stanza
100
When the opposite happens of what is expected.
What is irony
100
Expression peculiar to a particular language that means something different than the literal meaning of the words.
What is an idiom
100
The author's choice for who is telling the story
What is point of view
100
A literary work that criticizes human misconduct or follies
What is satire
200
Two lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by a rhyme
What is a couplet
200
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile
200
In this Eugenia Collier short story, a young girl destroys the flowers belonging to Miss Lottie
What is "Marigolds"
200
A gross exagerration
What is hyperbole
200
The lines spoken by the characters
What is dialogue
300
Struggle or clash between two opposing forces
What is Conflict
300
A hint a writer gives about things that are going to happen.
What is foreshadowing
300
A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes
What is mood
300
When the word is a sound it makes
What is onomatapoiea
300
When the audience knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony
400
Writer's or speaker's choice of words
What is diction
400
A comparison of two things wherein something is said to be someting it is not.
What is a metaphor
400
The voice or person telling a story
What is a narrator
400
The writer tells us directly what the person in his story is like
What is characterization
400
The particular way in which a writer uses language.
What is style
500
The category that a work of literature is classified under
What is genre
500
Language that appeals to the senses. The writer tries to create pictures for the reader
What is imagery
500
Series of related events that make up a story or drama
What is plot
500
The main character in fiction or drama
What is the protagonis
500
A speech in which a character on stage addresses himself or herself so that the audience can know his thoughts and feelings
What is a soliloquoy
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