Literary Terms
Academic Vocabulary
References
Cinematic Techniques
Poetry Terms
100
a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
What is metaphor
100
the sentence that states the main idea of a writing assignment and helps control the ideas within the paper
What is thesis statement
100
16 President
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
a photograph, movie, or video taken at close range and showing the subject on a large scale
What is close up
100
a slight change in position, direction, or tendency.
What is shift
200
the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification
200
is a semantic distinction
What is analytical statement
200
a dude on the hundred bill
Who is Ben Franklin
200
a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story
What is flashback
200
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter
What is ode
300
an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned
What is epithet
300
a rewording of something written or spoken by someone else
What is paraphrase
300
a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask
What is vessel
300
a movie or television shot of two people together
What is two shot
300
a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem
What is stanza
400
warning of a future event
What is foreshadowing
400
an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
What is connotation
400
a town or city with a harbor where ships load or unload, especially one where customs officers are stationed
What is port
400
is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography
What is high key lighting
400
poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes
What is sonnet
500
a detailed comparison in the form of a simile that are many lines in length
What is homeric simile
500
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
What is inference
500
feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief
What is mournful
500
sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect. mood music.
What is non - diegetic sound
500
a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
What is elegy
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