A very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something. Ex. In Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis, No. 1” (Collection 1), the tale of the Tory tavern keeper and his child
What is a Anecdote
100
A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is Figure of Speech
100
A temporary state of mind or feeling
What is mood
100
A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts or attitude.
What is Personification.
100
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the character in it or the audience.
What is Tone.
200
The opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist in a story. Ex. In Incarceron the Prison is the enemy against Finn.
What is a Antagonist
200
A character who acts as a contrast to another character
What is a Foil
200
A decorative design or pattern
What is a Motif
200
The central character in a story the one who initiates or drives the action.
What is Protagonist
200
A feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story.
What is Suspense.
300
A reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science or some other branch of culture
What is Allusion
300
A Figure of speech that uses and incredible exaggeration or over-statement for effect
What is a Hyperbole
300
An anonymous traditional story that is basically religious in nature and that usually serves to explain a belief ritual or mysterious natural phenomenon
What is Myth
300
A play on words based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things.
What is A Pun
300
The time and location in which a story takes place.
What is Setting.
400
Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is Characterization
400
A scene that interrupts the normal chronological sequence of events in story in depict something that happened at an earlier event.
What is a Flashback
400
The use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is a Onomatopoeia
400
A question that is asked for effect and that does nto actually require an answer
What is a Rhetorical Question.
400
A long speech made by a character in a play while no other character are on stage.
What is Soliloquy
500
A long narrative poem written in heightened language which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society.
What is an Epic
500
The use of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in a plot
What is Foreshadowing.
500
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase
What is Oxymoron
500
A type or writing that ridicules the short comings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change.
What is Satire.
500
The distinctive way in which a writer uses language.