Commonly Used Foreign Words
Literary Devices
Poetry Structure
Elements of Drama
Writing and Research
100
Word for word
What is verbatim
100
She is lovely as a rose.
What is a simile
100
Poem that tells a story, and includes epic and ballad poems.
What is narrative poetry
100
A humorous work with a happy ending
What is comedy
100
The first step of the writing process
What is prewriting
200
Ordinary people or the masses
What is the hoi polloi
200
The sun danced on the waves.
What is personification
200
Poem expressing feelings and emotions
What is lyric poetry
200
When someone acts without talking
What is pantomime
200
The main idea of what you are writing. This should be a narrow focus for a research paper.
What is the thesis
300
doing something that annoys you until the point it makes you sick
What is ad nauseum
300
Snake = evil
What is symbol/symbolism
300
Poetry with no set structure of rhyme or meter
What is free form/free verse
300
The lines the characters speak to each other
What is dialogue
300
Which of the following websites would provide the most reliable information for a research paper about census data? www.census.gov www.thenewcensustrends.com
What is www.census.gov
400
Social mistake or a false step
What is faux pas
400
A police station is robbed.
What is situational irony
400
Words at the end of the line that do not perfectly rhyme, but are alike enough in sound to create a rhyming pattern
What is slant rhyme
400
Long speech by one character alone on stage wherein they share their thoughts and feelings with the audience
What is soliloquy
400
What type of source is a blog entry?
What is a primary source
500
Buyer assumes all risks
What is caveat emptor
500
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
What is metaphor
500
What is the rhyme scheme of the following: TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth
What is ABAAB
500
When a character says something to the audience or another character that the other characters onstage are not supposed to hear
What is an aside
500
What type of source is a newspaper?
What is a secondary source
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