FICTION
This describes the situation of the main characters
What is exposition?
This is a comparison using like, as, or than
What is a simile?
This is the contrast of light and dark
What is chiaroscuro?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
What is alliteration?
A noun that refers to something extra that someone receives in addition to regular pay for doing a job
What is perquisite?
This describes complications that cause tension
What is rising action?
This is a metaphor that goes over several lines or sentences
What is a conceit?
This is ironic understatement
What is litotes?
What is anaphora?
An adjective used to describe things that touch each other or are immediately next to each other
What is contiguous?
This describes the release of tension in a story
What is falling action?
This gives an idea concrete qualities
What is reification?
This is a contradiction where conflicting elements exist at the same time
What is paradox?
Repetition of a word or phrase in different places throughout a piece of writing
What is repetend?
A noun that means courage and confidence, or in other words, initiative
What is gumption?
This is a psychological crisis
What is internal conflict?
This replaces something with one of its parts
What is synecdoche?
What is verbal irony?
Do you live to work or work to live?
What is chiasmus?
Events or situations that occur by chance
What are vicissitudes?
This is probem with no apparent or satisfactory solution
What is a dilemma?
This substitutes something for a different thing associated with it
What is metonymy?
What is situational irony?
“Love is not love / Which alters when it alteration finds, / Or bends with the remover to remove.”
What is polyptoton?
An adjective that describes things too important and respected to be changed or criticized
What is sacrosanct?