A-D
E-H
I-N
O-R
S-W
100
A reference to a well known work.
What is an Allusion?
100
A category of literature or writing style.
What is genre?
100
An extended piece of prose fiction.
What is a Novel?
100
"Bam" "Buzz" "Splat!"
What is onomatopoeia
100
"like" or "as" "She stood shaking like a freshly caught trout"
What is simile
200
An Antagonist.
What is a character in a story or poem that deceives, frustrates, or works against the main character or protagonist in some way. Not necessarily a person; it could be death or the devil or sickness etc. Whatever gets in the way of the protagonist's goals.
200
Fiction.
What is literature that offers insights, challenges assumptions, or presents possibilities through the telling of imaginary stories?
200
Main Idea
What is the most important thought or overall position in informal writing?
200
A paradox reduced to two opposing words. Like jumbo shrimp or deafening silence.
What is an Oxymoron?
200
Central idea or ideas explored by a literary work.
What is theme
300
A Bibliography.
What is a list of all the works and sources of information consulted while undertaking research for a paper or presentation?
300
Carefully pronounced and articulated speech for the purpose of communicating effectively with an audience or anyone.
What is Enunciation?
300
The contrast between expectation and reality.
What is Irony?
300
The vantage point from which a speaker narrates.
What is point of view
300
a form of irony which something is intentionally represented as less that it is
What is understatement
400
The quality of being convincing or believable, or worthy of trust.
What is Credibility?
400
A figure of speech.
What is specific literary devices used to create a special effect or feeling, often by making some type of comparison?
400
Moral.
What is the lesson taught in a work such as a fable?
400
Specific and effective uses of language that may influence of persuade an audience.
What is Rhetorical device
400
You only list the actual source of information that you referenced in a piece of work
What is works cited
500
An Allegory
What is a rhetorical narrative in prose or verse in which the characters and often parts of the narrative itself represent moral and spiritual values or have other symbolic meaning?
500
A word having the same sound and spelling as another word, but a different origin and meaning.
What is a Homonym?
500
Implied or understood though not directly expressed.
What is implicit?
500
A statement that seems on its face to be self-contradictory or to be self-contradictory or absurd. "The fire in my heart makes the ice harden."
What is paradox
500
A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole. "ABC's for alphabet"
What is Synecdoche
M
e
n
u