is a reference to a well-known person, place, or event, or to another literary work or passage.
What is an allusion?
100
is a hint of what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
100
an address, exclamation, or question posed to someone or
something, usually not present, as though present
What is an apostrophe?
100
the original pattern or model from which all other similar
items are derived; a primordial, universal symbol
What is an archetype?
200
is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in a series of words.
What is alliteration/consonance?
200
is a representation of nature as being in sympathy with or affected by the deeds or feelings of humans.
What is pathetic fallacy?
200
is an element, device, or reference that recurs frequently in a piece of literature.
What is a motif?
200
is a situation in which the audience is aware of something of which at least one character is ignorant.
What is dramatic irony?
200
character, who by contrast with the protagonist,
serves to accentuate that character’s distinctive qualities
or characteristics
What is a foil?
300
is the use repetition of similar vowel sounds in the syllables of a series of words.
What is assonance?
300
emotions and ideas associated with a word or symbol
What is connotation?
300
is a quality of the play that stimulates the audience to feel pity for a character. It is always part of a tragedy, and may be present in a comedy as well.
What is pathos?
300
is a twist of destiny that is perverse. It is as if, for a moment, some malevolent force was manipulating the lives of mortals for its own amusement.
What is situational irony?
300
One who does not change throughout a text
What is a static character?
400
is a vague, indirect term with a positive connotation used to replace a more precise or blunt term that may offend or frighten.
What is a euphemism?
400
characters and events represent
What is personification?
400
over-exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole?
400
is a contrast or opposition in the meanings of phrases or clauses, emphasized by parallelism.
What is antithesis?
500
diction that appeals to the senses: sight, sound, taste, smell,
touch, motion
What is imagery?
500
placement of contrasting ideas, words. or phrased next to one another to create a startling, amusing, or illuminating effect
What is juxtaposition?
500
the emotional response experienced by the reader
What is mood?
500
effect of viewing a tragic drama through which the audience
experiences a complex mix of emotions, including pity, fear,
exhilaration, and relief
What is catharsis?
500
one who changes (for better or worse) in response to circumstances or experience