A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
What is an allegory?
100
The associations people make with words that go being the literal or dictionary definition. Many words have this that create emotions or feelings in the reader.
What is connotation
100
antihero
What is a leading character in a film, book or play who lacks some or all of the traditional heroic qualities
100
Mood
What refers to a definitive stance the author adopts in shaping a specific emotional perspective towards the subject of the literary work? It refers to the mental and emotional disposition of the author towards the subject, which in turn lends a particular character or atmosphere to the work.
100
The use of irony to mock or convey contempt.
What is sarcasm?
200
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
200
The selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer.
What is diction?
200
hyperbole
What is a literary device wherein the author uses specific words and phrases that exaggerate and overemphasize the basic crux of the statement in order to produce a grander, more noticeable effect?
200
Nostalgia
What is a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations?
200
Satire
What refers to the practice of making fun of a human weakness, character flaw or social constructs?
300
An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.
What is an allusion?
300
A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem.
What is an extended metaphor?
300
Imagery
What is the usage of metaphors, allusions, descriptive words and similes amongst other literary forms in order to “tickle” and awaken the readers’ sensory perceptions?
300
Oxymoron
What is two opposing words with contrasting meaning?
300
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is simile?
400
A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
What is an analogy?
400
Expressing ideas indirectly; language used in a special way to create a special effect made up of words and phrases which don’t mean what they first appear to mean.
What is figurative language?
400
Irony
What is playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence/word is actually different from the literal meaning derived?
400
Paradox
What refers to the use of concepts/ ideas that are contradictory to one another, yet, when placed together they hold significant value on several level?
400
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
What is tone?
500
Used in ordinary or familiar conversation
What is colloquial?
500
Refers to the use of indicative words/phrases and hints that set the stage for a story to unfold and give the reader a hint of something that is going to happen without revealing the story or spoiling the suspense.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Metaphor
What refers to a meaning or identity ascribed to one subject by way of another?
500
Parallelism
What is a similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses.
500
A literary device that contains several layers of meaning, often concealed at first sight, and is representative of several other aspects/ concepts/ traits than those that are visible in the literal translation alone.