a conversation, episode, event that happened before the beginning of a story
What is a FLASHBACK?
100
a pattern of end rhyme in a poem
What is END RHYME?
100
a comparison between two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a SIMILE?
100
story is told by the narrator who is instructing or directing the reader; uses the pronouns you or your
What is SECOND PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
100
the dictionary meaning of a word
What is DENOTATION?
200
the attitude the writer takes towards a subject
What is TONE?
200
the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of words
What is ALLITERATION?
200
giving human qualities to nonhuman objects
What is PERSONIFICATION?
200
the method of narrating a story
What is POINT OF VIEW?
200
the emotional meaning attached to a word
What is CONNOTATION?
300
contrast between reality and appearance; the unexpected
What is IRONY?
300
a rhymed pair of lines
What is a COUPLET?
300
extreme exaggeration or overstatement
What is a HYPERBOLE?
300
the story is told by the narrator who is a character in the story. Uses the words I, me, myself
What is FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW?
300
study of word origins; history of a word
What is ETYMOLOGY?
400
reference to a well-known person, place, thing, or literary work
What is ALLUSION?
400
a paragraph in a poem
What is a STANZA?
400
an implied comparison between two unlike objects
What is a METAPHOR?
400
the story is told by a narrative voice outside of the action where the narrator tells what more than one charcter thinks, feels, etc.
Uses the pronouns, he, she, they
What is THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW?
400
language that communicateds beyond the ordinary, literal meanings of words.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
500
a theme, image or subject that reoccurs in a literary piece
What is MOTIF?
500
the repetition of vowel sounds
What is ASSONANCE?
500
a technique of creating emphasis by saying less tha is actually true
What is UNDERSTATEMENT?
500
the story is told by a narrative voice outside the action where the narrator tells what one character thinks, feels, etc. Uses the pronouns he, she or they
What is THIRD PERSON LIMITED POINT OF VIEW?
500
an expression that means something different from the literal meaning of the word