two or more words pronounced alike but with different in meanings
What are homophones?
100
a writer's or speaker's choice of words and way of arranging words in sentences
What is diction?
100
the perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
100
records of events by people who participated in or witnessed those events
What are primary sources?
200
a type of poetry that does not use a specific structure
What is free verse?
200
the implied meaning of a word beyond it's literal definition
What is connotation?
200
a minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story
What is a flat character?
200
A rhetorical strategy where the argument is made by presenting facts that lead the audience to a specific conclusion (ex. “OnStar service inside your car is better than carrying a cell phone because a cell phone can’t call for you when you’re
injured.”)
What is appeal to logic (logos)?
200
taking someone else's words or ideas and presenting them as your own
What is plagiarism?
300
a poetic structure which is arranged in stanzas and has a repeating, predictable pattern
What is fixed form?
300
the literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
300
a character who provides a striking contrast to another character
What is a foil?
300
A rhetorical strategy based on making the morally correct decision (ex. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
What is appeal to ethics (ethos)?
300
records of events by people who did not participate in or witness those events (ex. biographies and documentaries)
What are secondary sources?
400
poetry that tells a story
What is a narrative poem?
400
an indirect reference to somebody or something
What is allusion?
400
the attitude a writer takes toward a subject
What is tone?
400
a method of persuasion that's designed to create an emotional response (ex. Sarah McLachlan's commercial supporting ASPCA)
What is appeal to emotion (pathos)?
400
informative, nonfiction sources like an encyclopedia, almanac, or database
What are reference materials?
500
the Odyssey is this type of poem
What is an epic?
500
to indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen
What is foreshadowing?
500
a literary device in which characters or events in a literary, visual, or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts
What is allegory?
500
language choices and techniques that writers use to communicate perspective and to modify the perspectives of others
What is rhetoric (rhetorical devices)?
500
literature written to be performed for an audience