Grease is the Word
Hopelessly Devoted
Greased Lightning
Beauty School Dropout
Summer Lovin'
100
Short tale that illustrates a universal truth
What is a PARABLE?
100
A type of figurative language in which a non-human subject is given human characteristics
What is a PERSONIFICATION?
100
The sequence of events in a literary work
What is PLOT?
100
Perspective from which a story is told
What is POINT OF VIEW?
100
A humorous play on words
What is a PUN?
200
The repeated use of words or phrases in order to emphasize a point
What is REPETITION?
200
The events that occur in the falling action of a story's plot
What is RESOLUTION?
200
The time and location of the events described in a literary work
What is SETTING?
200
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
200
The imaginary voice assumed by the writer of a poem
What is SPEAKER?
300
A group of lines in a poem
What is a STANZA?
300
A character who does NOT undergo a change over the course of a story
What is a STATIC CHARACTER?
300
Details that reveal an author's feelings, attitudes, or judgements
What are SUBJECTIVE DETAILS?
300
Anything that stands for or represents something else
What is SYMBOL/SYMBOLISM?
300
A central message, idea, or concern in a literary work
What is THEME?
400
The attitude of an author toward the subject he/she is writing about
What is the TONE?
400
A section in a literary piece that interrupts the sequence of events in order to relay an earlier incident or set of events
What is FLASHBACK?
400
Refers to what someone is like - what their qualities are
What is CHARACTER?
400
Poetry that tells a story
What is NARRATIVE POETRY?
400
What the story or poem is about
What is the SUBJECT?
500
The use of extreme exaggeration to make a point
What is HYPERBOLE?
500
A word or phrase that means something different from what it says--usually a metaphor and is an expression particular to a certain group of people.
What is an IDIOM?
500
A vague or indefinite statement that is made to cover many cases
What is GENERALIZATION?
500
A lesson taught by a literary work
What is MORAL?
500
The events are told by someone OUTSIDE the story
What is 3rd PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
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