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It occurs when a statement or situation means something different from (or even the opposite of) what is expected.
What is irony
100

This point of view is when the narrator is one of the characters in the story

What is first person

100
Example: Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
The highest point of intensity in a short story.
What is the climax
100

This point of view is when the narrator is not a character, rather the narrator is an observer.

What is third person

200
A difference between what is said and what is meant.
What is verbal irony. Example: Oh, goody! It's time to do my homework.
200
The word sounds like what it describes.
What is onomatopeia
200

What term describes when something appears in the wrong time period.

What is anachronism

200
A technique used in which a writer will plant clues or subtle indications about events that will happen later in the narrative.
What is foreshadowing
200
Something that stands for something more than itself.
What is a symbol
300
The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience.
What is the tone
300
Example: I'm going to die if I don't get to see Lady Gaga in concert this year.
What is hyperbole
300
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral.
What is an allegory
300
The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is theme
300
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen.
What is situational irony. Example: A student studies for days for an English test, but sleeps in the morning of the test, shows up late for class, and fails the test.
400
A statement that is self-contradictory but still speaks the truth.
What is a paradox
400

This term describes the repetition of the initial sound in words.

What is alliteration

400

This term is used to describe the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the ends of words

What is consonance

400

This term is used to describe the repetition of vowel sounds

What is assonance

400
Example: He was no Michael Jordan, but he could shoot a basketball.
What is an allusion
500

The beginning of a story is known as this.

What is exposition

500

This type of character changes throughout the coarse of a story.

What is dynamic character.

500

Example: Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps

What is personification

500

This character lacks the classic heroic attributes/traits

What is Anti-Hero

500

What term is used when the writer uses line breaks meaningfully and abruptly – it emphasizes a point or creates dual meanings

What is enjambment

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