a reference to another event, person, place, or work of literature - usually implied rather than explicit and often provides another layer of meaning to what is being said
What is allusion?
100
fiction with strange or otherworldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality
What is fantasy?
100
The part in a story where the conflict comes to an end.
What is resolution?
100
A person or thing that opposes the protagonist or
hero/heroine of a story
What is antagonist?
100
a short piece of writing on a particular subject.
What is essay?
200
The comparison of two similar things to suggest
that if they are alike in some respects, they are
probably alike in other ways as well
What is analogy?
200
Any work of literature that includes material that is invented or imagined, that is not a record of things as they actually happened.
What is fiction?
200
A struggle between two opposing forces in a piece of literature. It may be external (person v. person, person v. society, person v. nature/fate) or internal (person v. self)
What is conflict?
200
the main character or speaker in a poem, monologue, play, or story
What is protagonist?
200
a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
What is an editorial?
300
the use of words to create a picture or 'image' in the mind of the reader
What is imagery?
300
fiction in which events evoke a feeling of dread and sometimes fear in both the characters and the reader
What is horror?
300
Conversation or speech among two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
300
One who narrates, or tells, as story.
What is narrator?
300
a book or set of books giving information on many subjects or on many aspects of one subject and typically arranged alphabetically.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
a comparison of one thing to another in order to make description more vivid; it actually states that one thing is the other
What is metaphor?
400
Usually a fiction full of fun, fancy, and excitement, meant to entertain and sometimes cause intended laughter; but can be contained in all genres
What is humor?
400
The time and the place in which the action of a book, film, play, and so on happens. Setting may also include mood and atmosphere.
What is setting?
400
A representation or imitation of a person’s physical
or personality traits that are so exaggerated they
become comic or absurd
What is caricature?
400
a general term for any document that is read in digital form, and especially a document that is mainly text.
What is electronic texts?
500
at its simplest level, it means saying one thing while meaning another
What is irony?
500
a work that is written in imitation of another work, very often with the intention of making fun of the original
What is parody?
500
The use of clues that hint at important plot developments that are to follow in a story or a drama.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Persons—or animals or natural forces represented as persons—in a work of literature. Characters may be static (stay the same) or dynamic (undergo a change in personality or attitude) and flat (merely sketched out often stereotypical or stock) or round (more fully developed).
What is character?
500
a picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused onto film or other light-sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally.