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an indirect comparison that uses the words "like" or "as" to link the different items in comparison
What is smilie?
100
The point in the play when Christian dies in Cyrano or when Kat dies in All Quiet on the Western Front
What is Climax?
100
Extreme Exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
100
The place a literary work occurs
What is setting?
100
A direct comparison between dissimilar things.
What is Metaphor?
200
A garden or a battlefield, the cities of Thebes or Paris are all examples of this term.
What is Setting?
200
Antigone, Cyrano de Bergerac, A doll's house are all examples of this type of literary genre
What is Drama?
200
"What do you want for Christmas," ask Helmer. "I want MONEY," replied Nora
What is Dialogue
200
Paul Baumer tells the story of the men of the Second Company is an example of this term.
What is Point of View?
200
Famous examples of this term are "The Black Cat", "The Lady or the Tiger?", "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"
What is Short Story?
300
Filtered through the story tellers eyes.
What is First Person?
300
authors choice of words
What is diction?
300
Cyrano, Antigone, Odysseus are all representatives of this term.
What is Protagonist?
300
the unique way an author presents his ideas
What is style?
300
hints of future literary events in a literary work
What is foreshadowing?
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Tying up loose ends
What is Resolution?
400
the assigning of human qualities to inanimate object
What is alliteration?
400
The authors attitude
What is Tone?
400
The hero, the outcast, star-crossed lovers, the quest, and the journey are all examples of this term.
What is Archetype?
400
"Let me tell you a funny story about one of my brothers"
What is Anecdote?
500
Jealousy in Othello, fate in Romeo and Juliet, ambition in Macbeth, pride in Antigone are all examples of something that may lead to a downfall.
What is Tragic Flaw?
500
reference in a piece of literature to something, historical, mythological, literary, or Biblical.
What is allusion?
500
grammatical structure of prose and poetry
What is syntax?
500
The Good Samaritan, The Prodigal Son, The Pearl of Great Price are all example of this term.
What is Parables?
500
Finally, it dawns on Roxane in Act V that all these years, it's been Cyrano who has loved her.
What is Epiphany?
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