These two words describe a relationship between two events where the first event brings about the second event.
What are cause & effect?
100
In literature, this is the name for a person who goes against the main character (the bad guy).
What is antagonist?
100
This type of comparison shows similarities between two things, and is often found on SATs.
What is an analogy?
100
This country has recently threatened to fire missiles at the USA.
What is North Korea?
200
Let's hope you don't have a bad one of these--the feeling a reader gets from a story.
What is mood?
200
Not to be confused with another word that sounds the same, this is a reference to a famous person, place, event, or work of art/literature.
What is an allusion?
200
Containing one of the words in this answer, this word is for the way an author develops a character.
What is characterization?
200
This word means a conversation between TWO characters.
What is dialogue?
200
These two mascots represented the NCAA National Championship teams in 2013.
What are Wolverines and Cardinals?
300
"You better watch your _____, young man." This is the writer's attitude toward his/her subject.
What is tone?
300
This type of literature is written in lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
300
A character whose personality goes through a major change during the story would be described as this.
What is dynamic?
300
This is a guess based on information in a text.
What is an inference?
300
It was in this country that a comedian was arrested, jailed and now has been charged with insulting his president and Islam.
What is Egypt?
400
Every story has one of these: the message about life/people or lesson to be learned.
What is theme?
400
This pattern of identical or similar sounds is often identified with letters (aa,bb,cc...).
What is rhyme scheme?
400
This type of character's personality stays basically the same throughout a story.
What is a static character?
400
There are two kinds of this term: situational--when the outcome of an event is the opposite of what is expected, and verbal--when a character's words do not match what is really meant.
What is irony?
400
Nicknamed the "Iron Lady," this recently deceased person was the first and only female Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
500
Something that represents something else.
What is a symbol?
500
This is another word for the main character or "good guy" in a work of literature.
What is the protagonist?
500
This is the word for a character who follows a specific pattern of behavior.
What is archetype?
500
These are words with the same or similar meanings.
What are synonyms?
500
This budget cut was created by congress when they could not agree on a budget for 2013, forcing many schools to cut their jobs for counselors.