A story that has deeper meaning beyond the people and events on the page.
What is theme.
100
A contrast between expectation and reality created in three ways...verbal, situational, and dramatic.
What is irony.
100
A lyric poem, rhymed or unrhymed.
What is an ode.
100
A single complete thought.
What is an independent clause.
100
A word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun.
What is a preposition.
200
The closing part of the story where you learn how the characters have dealt with the outcome of the conflict.
What is the resolution
200
A person , a place, a thing, or event that has meaning in itself and stands for something beyond itself as well.
What is a symbol (ism)
200
A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died.
What is an elegy.
200
Two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence.
200
A word used to join words or groups of words.
What is a conjunction.
300
A writer's addressing of similar events several times throughout a plot's development.
What are parallel episodes.
300
A way of speaking that is characteristic of a certain geographical area or a certain group of people.
What is dialect.
300
Poem without a regular meter or rhyme scheme.
What is free verse.
300
One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence.
300
A used to express emotion.
What is an interjection.
400
The time and place in which the events of a story occur.
What is the setting.
400
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.
What is assonance.
400
A group of consecutive lines in a poem that form a single unit.
What is a stanza.
400
Two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is a compound complex sentence.
400
A noun or noun phrase, pronoun or pronoun phrase placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it, (I chose one person, her, to organize the volunteers).
What is an appositive.
500
The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing.
500
The repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration.
500
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is a couplet.
500
Has a noun and verb, but does not complete a thought.
What is a dependent/subordinate clause.
500
Inserting words, inserting phrases, and inserting connecting words.
What is correcting fragments and run-on sentences.