literature
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
A comparison that does not use the words like or as.
What is metaphor?
The repeating of words again and again for effect.
What is repetition?
Shakespeare's first name.
What is William?
Giving human-like qualities to inanimate objects.
What is personification?
The triumphs, failures, and events that a character faces that raises the tension of a story as it approaches the climax.
What is rising action?
When a character speaks their thoughts aloud while they are by themselves in a play.
What is soliloquy?
Words used to move smoothly from one sentence, idea, or paragraph to another.
What is transition word?
In Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury presents the idea that too much ________ is dangerous.
What is technology?
The attitude/feeling an author conveys with their writing.
What is tone?
Use of vivid descriptive language. It appeals to the reader's senses (sight, sound, taste, smell, touch).
What is imagery?
A statement with seemingly contradictory qualities or phrases.
What is paradox?
A ‘softer’, more inoffensive word or phrase, used as a substitute for one considered too harsh or blunt, when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
What is euphemism?
Lord of the Flies presents the idea that every human being has the capacity to become ________.
What is evil/savage?
When an object stands for/can be interpreted as something more than what it actually is.
What is symbolism?
An expression designed to call something to mind (typically a movie, piece of literature, character, etc.) without mentioning it explicitly.
What is an allusion?
An inner struggle that affects a character's mental/emotional state.
What is internal conflict?
What the qualities, attitudes, and values of the character are called.
What are character traits?
In Hamlet, who does Hamlet believe he must kill in order to avenge his father's death?
Who is Claudius (his uncle)?
A type of irony in which one thing is expected to happen, but the opposite actually happens.
What is situational irony?
A type of irony in which the reader knows something that the characters do not.
What is dramatic irony?
Exposition, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
What is the 6 components of a plot?
When the narrator knows everything about all the characters in the story, including their thoughts and feelings.
What is an omniscient narrator?
In The Great Gatsby, who says, “I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Who is Daisy?