What is an oxymoron?
EXTRA CREDIT ----- What is similar to an oxymoron, but is a phrase, not just two words?
100
The conversation between characters in a play.
What is dialogue?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What is the information called that tells characters where to go, how to act, or what to use in a scene?
100
The information used to support or prove an opinion.
What is evidence?
100
The decisive moment or turning point in a story that determines the outcome of the conflict.
What is climax?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What other four elements make up the plot?
100
A way of saying one thing and meaning something else in order to create a more forceful or dramatic image.
What is figurative language?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What are three types of figurative language?
EXTRA EXTRA CREDIT --- What is an example of one type of figurative language?
200
The person who tells the story in a poem.
What is the speaker?
Extra credit --- What is the person called who writes the poem?
200
The audience knows something that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What is irony??
200
An opinion or fact that includes no evidence or support.
What is an unsubstantiated opinion or fact?
200
The use of hints to offer clues to future developments in a work.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The influence or effect an author seeks to create on the audience.
What is an allusion?
EXTRA CREDIT --- Create an example of a hyperbole.
300
The pattern a poem follows according to end words in a line - ABBA CDDC EFFE
What is rhyme scheme? EXTRA CREDIT --- How do you figure out what the rhyme scheme is in a poem?
300
The common thread, concept, or repeated idea throughout a work. (also appears in poetry and short stories)
What is theme?
EXTRA CREDIT --- How do you decide what the theme of a piece is?
300
Writing that is written by an author about himself/herself.
What is a biography?
300
The different points of view.
What is first person, second person, and third person?
EXTRA CREDIT --- In what person should you write your expository essay?
300
A word or words which appeal to the senses and help to create pictures or images in the reader’s mind.
What is imagery?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What are the five senses that can create imagery?
400
The atmosphere or feeling created in a poem.
What is the mood?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What is tone?
400
[He walks slowly to stage right and then angrily shouts.]
What are stage directions?
EXTRA CREDIT --- Why are stage direction important?
400
The time and place or the context that encouraged the piece to be written.
What is the occasion?
400
The method an author uses to build anticipation in a story.
What is suspense.
EXTRA CREDIT --- What might an author do to build suspense?
400
"Your love is plentiful like the sands upon the beach."
What is a simile?
EXTRA CREDIT --- Create your own example of a simile.
500
The continuous flow of a line from one line of verse to the next.
What is enjambment?
Extra credit --- What is the opposite of enjambment?
500
The reader is directly told what the character is like by the author.
What is direct characterization?
EXTRA CREDIT --- What is indirect characterization?
500
The specific readers the author wants to read the article.
What is audience?
EXTRA CREDIT --- How do you decide who the audience of a piece is?
500
The person telling the story in a work of fiction.
What is the narrator?
500
A reference to a person, place, event, or literary work that the writer expects the reader to recognize.
What is an allusion?
EXTRA CREDIT --- Create an example of alliteration.