poetry that does not have meter or rhyme scheme; it sounds more like regular speech
What is free verse
100
something happens that was the opposite of what was expected
What is irony
100
a judgment based on a personal point of view (a strong opinion about something)
What is bias
100
the story of a person's life written by himself or herself
What is autobiography
200
a comparison of two or more things not using like or as
What is a metaphor
200
a word or group of words in a literary work which appeal to one or more of the senses: sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell using figurative language
What is imagery
200
the author's intent either to inform or teach someone about something, to entertain people, or to persuade or convince their audience to do or not to do something
What is author's purpose
200
an attack on a person instead of an issue
What is name-calling propaganda
200
the method an author uses to reveal characters and their various personalities
What is characterization
300
exaggeration or overstatement
What is hyperbole
300
identical or very similar recurring final sounds in words usually at the end of lines of a poem
What is rhyme
300
the high point of suspense in a short story or novel
What is climax
300
attempts to persuade the reader to do, think or buy something because it is popular or because "everyone" is doing it
What is bandwagon propaganda
300
the author's central thought; the topic sentence of a paragraph
What is main idea
400
giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification
400
the pattern or beat of a poem
What is rhythm
400
the problem or struggle in a short story or a novel
What is conflict
400
attempt to distract the reader with details not relevant to the argument
What is red herring propaganda
400
the emotion created in the reader
What is mood
500
the use of words whose sounds express or suggest their meaning (ex. hiss, pop, bang)
What is onomatopoeia
500
a lyric poem of fourteen lines whose rhyme scheme is fixed
What is sonnet
500
a personal point of view using "I" point of view; may also contain me, our, we, us
What is first person point of view
500
to persuade the reader by using a famous person to endorse a product or idea (for instance, the celebrity endorsement)
What is testimonial propaganda
500
the sequence in which the author arranges events in a story; the structure often includes the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution