Structure
A group of lines in poetry
What is stanza?
chef & cook, house & home, and skinny & slim are examples of
What is denotation?
The main character is called?
Who is the protagonist?
To make the situation less important or emotional than it is.
What is a understatement?
Anything that stands for or represents something else is known as what literary term? Example: the word "Game" in "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is a symbol?
When you the reader is apart of the story, this is which point of view?
"You" "Your"
What is 2nd person point of view?
A character who says:
"swimmin"
“Ya’ll nee’n try ter ‘scuse yo’seffs. Ain’ Miss Pitty writ you an’ writ you ter come home?”
Is an example of
What is dialect?
Who is the person against the main character?
Who is the antagonist?
Bite the bullet, piece of cake, break the ice, an arm and a leg, beat around the bush are all examples of
What is a idiom?
The audience knows something the character doesn't defines what literary term?
What is dramatic irony?
When Patrick comes home in a moody way and drinking more heavily is an example of
What is foreshadowing?
When words carry meanings, impressions, or associations apart from or beyond their literal meaning this is called what
What is connotation?
What technique is used when the text tells exactly?
What is Direct Characterization?
bittersweet, awfully good, same difference, and original copy are all examples of
What is oxymoron?
When the opposite of what you expect in a situation takes place, describes what literary term?
What is situational irony?
When Mary goes to the store she forces herself into a false sense of security; Causing her to believe her husband is still alive at home waiting for her is an example of
What is flashback?
The words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning. A coat isn’t torn; it is tattered. The US Army does not want revenge; it is thirsting for revenge. A door does not shut; it thuds.
What is diction?
STEAL is used for what?
What is Indirect Characterization?
Comparing two unlike things
What is analogy?
A character that stays the same is known as what?
What is a static?
A brief account that is often witty or interesting.
What is anecdote?
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tired, Reading while sunbathing makes you well-red, Everyone thinks my runny nose is funny, but it's snot ,and Cheetahs are always spotted are examples of what
What is pun?
The central message or insight to life revealed through a literary work is the definition of which literary term?
What is Dramatic Foil.
A leg of lamb...then he crashed to the carpet is an example of
What is a allusion?
A character that changes?
What is a dynamic character?