What is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.
What is a metaphor?
100
What is a recurring symbol which takes on a figurative meaning. We see them in books, films, and poems.
What is motif?
100
What is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is allegory?
100
What is a subordinate plot in a play, novel, or similar work?
What is a subplot?
100
What is a device used in poetry of the oral tradition, especially English and Scottish ballads, in which a line is repeated in a changed context or with minor changes in the repeated part.
What is incremental repetition?
200
What is a figure of speech that compares two things that are alike in some way. Know that the words “like” or “as” are typically used in this.
What is a simile?
200
What is a literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
200
What is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words?
What is alliteration?
200
What is a character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.
What is Foil?
200
What is a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
What is pathos?
300
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
300
What is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience
What is tone?
300
What is a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
What is antagonist?
300
What is a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterization and ludicrously improbable situations.
What is farce?
300
What is the last six lines of a sonnet.
What is a sestet?
400
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ).
What is an onomatopoeia?
400
What is an expression, idea, or element of an artistic work which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or effect
What is a Cliché?
400
What is a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
What is epigram?
400
What is into the middle of a narrative; without preamble
What is In Media Res?
400
What is the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence
What is universality?
500
What is literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people.
What is fiction
500
What is an exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
500
What is the quality or fact of representing a person, thing, or situation accurately or in a way that is true to life.
What is realism?
500
What is the customs, manner of speech, dress, or other typical features of a place or period that contribute to its particular character.
What is local colour?
500
What is the extent to which the literary text is believable, or the extent to which it imitates life. Even when stories are far-fetched, such as with science fiction, readers must be willing to "suspend disbelief" and think that the story could actually occur.