Process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character.
What is characterization?
100
Subject of a talk or piece of writing; the main idea.
What is theme?
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
200
Words with the same meaning
What is a synonym?
200
Expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
What is irony?
200
Atmosphere with the intention of evoking a certain emotion of feeling.
What is mood?
200
Subtle suggestion of something that has not yet happened; writer gives advanced hint of what is to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
200
Cruel kindness
What is oxymoron?
300
Phrase to suggest different meanings; a play on words.
What is a pun?
300
A composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrasting characters, expecially one intended to be acted on the stage (a play).
What is a drama?
300
A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest, or climax.
What is rising action?
300
Makes a comparison between two things or objects that are opposites.
What is a metaphor?
300
English class brings Light to your life.
What is a pun?
400
A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.
What is an oxymoron?
400
Act of speaking one's thoughts out loud when by oneself.
What is a soliloquy?
400
A dramatic composition that presents a somber or serious subject matter involving suffering and terrible events.
What is a tragedy?
400
Introductory section of a literary work.
What is a prologue?
400
Example and sample
What is a synonym?
500
A brief or indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is an allusion?
500
A group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history.
What is a tableau?
500
The repetition of the same consonant letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
500
Speech presented by a single character, most often to express his/her mental thoughts aloud, although sometimes directly addresses another character.