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100
The character who works against the main character and is usually the source of the conflict.
Who is the antagonist
100
These long poems transmit the values of a culture
What are epic poems?
100
Mystery or Science Fiction, for example.
What is a genre?
100
An entirely internal conflict is likely between these two forces.
What is Man V. Self?
100
The where and when of the story.
What is setting?
200
From the Greek word for ladder, it is the moment in a story when the conflict or crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is usualy the turning point in the story's action.
What is the climax?
200
This "choice" is clearly on display when evaluating different translations of the same work.
What is diction?
200
Exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
200
The device present in the line: "His mood did not blow over; it settled in the dark valley of the evening and soaked him to the bone with memories."
What is metaphor?
200
A humorous attack on a weakness in people or society.
What is satire?
300
The device present in the phrase "Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers"
What is alliteration?
300
The narrative point of view employed when a character relays the events of the story.
What is first person?
300
The reader's understanding of the cottagers relies heavily on Shelley's use of this technique - the creature doesn't tell us what to think of the characters until the late in his tale
What is indirect characterization
300
Iamber pentamer, for example
What is a meter?
300
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: The way an author conveys his/her attitude about particular characters and subject matter. In poetry, it is called “voice.” It is the feeling the author brings to the piece or the attitude the author takes (towards the subject, audience, or character[s].
Tone
400
A poem directed toward America in which the country is referred to as "you" MUST use this device.
What is apostrophe?
400
A round character who changes or evolves over the course of the story.
Dynamic Character
400
The creation and use of clear mental pictures to further the aims of a text
What is imagery
400
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: 'Pink is what red looks like when it kicks off its shoes and lets its hair down. …Pink is as laid back as beige, but while beige is dull and bland, pink is laid back with attitude.'
What is personification
400
What I use when I say I don't know how I'll survive without VTHS this summer.
What is verbal irony?
500
A reference to something famous to make a point. For example, if your teacher calls your class a horde of Mongols, students would have no idea if they were being praised or reprimanded unless they know what the Mongol horde was.
Allusion
500
Captain Walton told me it's a technique where the events of the narrative are handed down through multiple narrators.
What is a framed story?
500
This royal term describes a period in the English Renaissance and the style of drama connected to William Shakespeare
What is Elizabethan
500
An individual who favors imagination and intuition over reason is likely one of these (whether or not he sends flowers)
What is a Romantic?
500
Lines 13 and 14 of one may form a couplet
What is a sonnet?
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