Obvious and intentional exaggeration.
ex: You could have knocked me over with a feather.
What is Hyperbole?
100
Poem having 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter
What is a Sonnet?
100
the repetition or a pattern of similar vowel sounds
ex: "on a proud round cloud in white high night" — E.E. Cummings
What is Assonance?
100
Giving human characteristics to an inanimate object.
Ex: Clouds cry
What is personification?
100
The meaning that a word suggests or implies.
Example: Hollywood suggests romance and glittering success.
What is connotation?
200
Saying one thing and meaning another.
ex: Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink ;
Water, water, every where,
And not a drop to drink
What is Irony?
200
A piece of writing that describes an event.
ex: biography
What is Secondary Source?
200
A narrative with an underlying meaning different from the surface meaning, often personifying abstract ideas.
ex: The Lord of the Rings compared to the World Wars
What is Allegory?
200
A systematic effort to spread opinions or beliefs.
What is Propaganda?
200
The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it.
Example: Pop! Click! Whoosh!
What is Onomatopoeia?
300
"Its raining cats and dogs."
What is Idiom?
300
a simplified image of a group of people
ex: Tall people are great basketball players.
What is Stereotype?
300
A word formed from the initial letters of a series of words.
Example: F.B.I./ U.S.A.
What is Acronym?
300
Using contradictions in a manner that oddly makes sense on a deeper level.
Example: Dark knows daylight.
What is Paradox?
300
Words sounding alike at the beginning.
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is an Alliteration?
400
A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning.
ex. She is a skillful pilot whose career has really taken off.
What is Pun?
400
To show the correct use and pronunciations, to specifically address someone directly.
ex: you, your, yours
What is Second Person?
400
A concise statement expressing an opinion or a general truth.
Example: Lost time is never found again- Benjamin Franklin
What is Aphorism?
400
Point of view in which "I" or "we" serves as a narrator.
What is first person?
400
A technique that makes a specific effect.
Example: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, etc.
What is a Literary Device?
500
Giving human traits or feelings to inanimate objects.
ex: "The stars will awaken / Though the moon sleep a full hour later"—Percy Bysshe Shelley
What is Pathetic Fallacy?
500
Uses irony, derision, or wit to expose or attack human vice, foolishness, or stupidity.
What is Satirical Essay?
500
an original model or pattern from which copies are made.
ex. princess/Cinderella
What is Archetype?
500
Point of view using pronouns such as he, she, and they.
What is third person?
500
Repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession.