Figurative Language
Poetry
Drama
Fiction
Characterization
100
Comparison of two unlike things without using "like" or "as:.
What is a metaphor.
100
Poems that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.
What is lyric poetry
100
The main character in a tragedy.
What is the tragic hero.
100
A fictional story with one plot line. Can usually be read in one sitting.
What is a short story.
100
The main character in a literary work who drives the plot forward.
What is the protagonist.
200
Exaggerating or stretching the truth for literary effect.
What is a hyperbole
200
Fourteen lines of iambic pentameter - popularized by Shakespeare
What is sonnet
200
A play on words, when a word has more than one meaning.
What is a pun.
200
Stories that include or focus on significant historical events.
What is historical fiction.
200
A character who remains the same (mentally) throughout a story.
What is a static character.
300
Words that create images in the mind (tactile,gustatory,auditory,olfactory,visual)
What is imagery
300
A long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character.
What is epic poetry.
300
The character trait that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero.
What is tragic flaw.
300
A long work of fiction.
What is a novel.
300
A character whose actions are inspiring or noble, and who overcomes difficulties.
What is a hero.
400
A comparision of two unlike things using the word "like" or "as"
What is simile
400
A Japanese form of poetry with three lines and a total of 17 syllables.
What is haiku
400
Conversation carried out by one or more characters.
What is dialogue.
400
A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes, or the causes of natural phenomenon.
What is a myth.
400
A character who changes (mentally) throughout a story.
What is a dynamic character.
500
Giving human characteristics to non-human things.
What is personification
500
A poem which tells a story of a person form the past and is often set to music.
What is a ballad
500
When a character speaks to the audience and not to the other characters.
What is an aside.
500
The tying up of loose end and the end of a story.
What is a resolution.
500
The person or thing that opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist.
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