"A"
"E and F"
"S and D"
100
Assonance
The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together.
100
Expsition
The kind of writing that explains or gives information.
100
Drama
A work of literature meant to be performed for an audience by actors.
200
Author's Purpose
The reason an author wrote a particular text.
200
Flashback
A part of the story, poem, play, or movie that presents events that happened at an earlier time.
200
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things, using a word sunch as like, as, than, or resembles.
300
Alliteration
Repeated consonant sounds in a phrase or sentence.
300
Figurative
Language that is not meant to be taken literally.
300
Satire
A literacy work in which vices, stupidities, and abuses are held up to ridicule and contempt.
400
Analogy
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
400
Foreshadowing
Giving hints or clues that suggest or prepare for events that occur later in a work.
400
Suspense
A state of anxious antcipation, expectation, or uncertainty; suspense creates
500
Allusion?
A reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event.
500
Euphemism
A less emotionally powerful word or phrase used in a place of one that might be offensive.
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