To determine the level, value, or worth of; appraise.
What is EVALUATE?
100
A literary style in which the narration is done by one of the characters; (I, me, mine)
What is FIRST-PERSON?
100
The story line or sequence of events in a novel, play, or the like.
What is PLOT?
100
One who speaks; the imaginary voice a poet uses when writing a poem.
What is the SPEAKER?
200
To suppose (something) to be true without evidence; take for granted.
What is ASSUME?
200
The language surrounding a particular usage of a word, phrase, or sentence, or the situation in which the piece of language is used.
What is CONTEXT?
200
A past event that interrupts the forward action for a play, movie, novel, or the like.
What is FLASHBACK?
200
The act or technique of ascribing human attributes to nonhuman or inanimate things.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
In grammar, an affix that is added to the end of a word, such as "-ed" in "wanted" or "-ment" in "entertainment."
What is a SUFFIX?
300
An account, usually written, of the facts and circumstances of one person's life.
What is BIOGRAPHY?
300
A situation or series of events marked by emotional conflict or turmoil and capable of arousing emotions in others who witness these events.
What is a CONFLICT?
300
The overall impression or feeling evoked by something.
What is MOOD?
300
An affix added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning and create a new word, such as "anti-" in "antiestablishment."
What is PREFIX?
300
A literary style in which the narration is not done by one of the characters; a pronoun in this category, such as "he" or "it."
What is THIRD PERSON?
400
An inclination or preference that influences judgment; prejudice.
What is BIAS?
400
Talk between two or more people or between characters in a play, film, novel, or the like.
What is DIALOGUE?
400
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is used to describe one thing in terms of another in a nonliteral way, such as "drowning in work."
What is METAPHOR?
400
A figure of speech in which two dissimilar things are likened, often linked by "like" or "as," as in, "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb."
What is a SIMILE?
400
The central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work.
What is the THEME?
500
Repetition of the same consonant sound in the stressed or initial syllables of words in a phrase or sentence.
What is ALLITERATION?
500
A variety of a language that is peculiar to a region, social class, or occupation and that differs from the standard language in pronunciation, usage, and vocabulary.
What is DIALECT?
500
Contrast between expectation and outcome, or an event or situation that contains such contrast.
What is IRONY?
500
A group of related lines in a poem that are separated typographically from other similar groups and that often have a regular meter and rhyme scheme.
What is a STANZA?
500
The writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.