Poetry
Descriptive language that creates pictures in the reader's mind.
What is imagery?
A comparison of two different things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The point of the story that has the highest level of interest and emotional response.
What is the climax?
When a story addresses the reader using pronouns such as "you, your", etc.
What is second person point of view?
What is a red herring fallacy?
Two lines of poetry together that rhyme.
What is a couplet?
Hinting at something that will happen in the future.
What is foreshadowing?
The background information on the characters and setting of a story that is usually at the very beginning.
What is exposition?
The narrator is also a character in the story.
What is first person point of view?
When one falsely assumes that one event occurs because of another event.
What is the false cause and effect fallacy?
A type of poem that does not stick to a particular rhythm.
What is free verse?
A conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
The end of the story when the conflict is resolved.
What is resolution?
When the narrator is NOT involved in the plot and is telling the story from an outside perspective.
What is third person point of view?
When someone oversimplifies an argument in order to ridicule the idea.
What is the strawman fallacy?
When several words that start with the same consonant are placed close together.
What is alliteration?
The divisions that a play is divided into.
What are acts?
The events of the story that happen after the climax and helps explain the upcoming resolution.
What is the falling action?
When the narrator is "all-knowing" about the characters in the story.
What is third person omniscient point of view?
When a statement is too general or vague.
What is the overgeneralization fallacy?
When a line of poetry has a repetition of the same consonant sound. (Example: She sells seashells by the seashore.)
What is consonance?
A figure of speech that presents a self-contradictory effect.
What is an oxymoron?
The events of the story leading up to the eventual climax.
What is the rising action?
When the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one person.
What is third person limited point of view?
When the claim is used as evidence. (example - you should give me an "A" because I am an "A" student)
What is the circular reasoning fallacy?