Literary Terms
Propaganda Techniques
Fiction
Figurative Language
Nonfiction
100
The part of the story where the plot becomes increasingly complicated. Leads up to the climax, or turning point.
What is rising action?
100
Persuades the reader to do, think, or buy something because it's popular or because "everyone" is doing it
What is bandwagon?
100
The generally accepted importance of a work representing a given culture.
What is cultural significance?
100
A comparison of two unlike things in which a word of comparison (like or as) is used
What is a simile?
100
Support provided to mark an assertion as reasonable.
What is the defense of a claim?
200
A person, animal, or thing telling the story or giving an account of something.
What is the narrator?
200
An attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument
What is red herring?
200
The written text of a play, which included the dialogue between characters, stage directions and often other expository information
What is a dramatic script?
200
An object or abstract idea given to human qualities or human form
What is personification?
200
A written account of another person's life
What is a biography?
300
A literary approach that ridicules or examines human vice or weakness.
What is a satire?
300
Attempts to persuade the reader using a famous person to endorse a product or idea
What is testimonial?
300
A dramatic speech, revealing inner thoughts and feelings, spoken aloud by one character while alone on the stage
What is a soliloquy?
300
An extreme exaggeration or over statement
What is a hyperbole?
300
A piece of information provided objectively, presented as true
What is a fact?
400
A character that symbolically embodies well-known meanings and basic human experiences, regardless of when or where he/she lives
What is universal character?
400
Makes an oversimplified statement about a group based on limited information; stereotyping
What is sweeping generalization?
400
A playwright's written instruction provided in the text of a play about the setting or how the actors are to move and behave in a play
What are stage directions?
400
The repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words
What is alliteration?
400
Nonfiction written primarily to convey factual information.
What is informational text?
500
A device in literature where an object represents and idea.
What is symbolism?
500
States a conclusion as part of the proof of the argument
What is circular argument?
500
A form of extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. The underlying meaning may have moral, social, religious, or political significance, and characters are often personifications of abstract ideas such as charity, greed, or envy
What is an allegory?
500
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named
What is onomatopoeia?
500
The position or claim the author establishes
What is argument or position?
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