a comparison of two things usually not using like or as; for example, The clouds were fluffy marshmallows.
What is metaphor
100
Instructions to an actor or director in a play
What are stage directions
100
words spoken directly to the audience but are not "heard" by other character
What is aside
100
a brief account, description or episode
What is a vignette
200
concept of creating characters for a narrative
What is characterization
200
a central topic of a story sometimes called the message
What is theme
200
an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play.
What is soliloquy
200
selection of words in a literary work
What is diction
200
a short extraction from a film, story or other literary piece
What is excerpt
300
when a non-human item has human characteristics
What is personification
300
repetition of vowel and ending sounds of words for example: hat, cat
What is rhyme
300
a literary genre designed to make people laugh
What is comedy
300
a character speaks in ignorance of a situation or event known to the audience or to the other characters
What is dramatic irony
300
A form of language use in which writers and speakers convey something other than the literal meaning of their words. Examples include hyperbole or exaggeration, litotes or understatement, simile and metaphor
What is figurative language
400
a struggle between characters
What is conflict
400
the repetition of being sounds of words
What is alliteration
400
speech given by a character to an audience
What is monologue
400
A type of drama in which the characters experience reversals of fortune, usually for the worse
What is tragedy
400
a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
What is inference
500
a comparison of two items usually using like or as; for example, The boy was as hungry as a cow, after practice.
What is simile
500
discrepancy between appearance and reality, usually, opposites, for example: The Titanic was promoted as being 100% unsinkable; but, in 1912 the ship sank on its maiden voyage.
What is irony
500
a character who is designed to contrast with another character
What is FOIL
500
A privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering