the practice of beginning several consecutive words with the same sound
What is alliteration
100
a quality that makes the reader uncertain or tense about the outcome of events
What is suspense
100
the use of hints or clues to suggest future action
What is foreshadowing
100
when a speaker says one thing while meaning the opposite
What is verbal irony
100
He slept like a baby
What is an example of a simile
200
an accepted expression having a meaning different from the literal
What is an idiom
200
a comparison of two different things using "like" or "as"
What is simile
200
a scene that interrupts the action of a work to show a pervious event
What is flashback
200
when a situation turns out differently from what one would expect; often a twist is oddly appropriate
What is situational irony
200
Time is money
What is an example of a metaphor
300
words or phrases used to appeal to the senses
What is imagery
300
predominant emotion in a literary work
What is mood
300
a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
What is personification
300
when a character or speaker says or does something that has different meaning from what he or she thinks it means, though the audience and other characters understand the full implications.
What is dramatic irony
300
The flower drank in the rainwater.
What is personification
400
a deliberate, outrageous exaggeration; it may be used for serious or comic effect.
What is hyperpole
400
a comparison of two unlike things not using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
400
central message of a literary work
What is theme
400
Anne Frank looks forward to growing up but we, as readers, know that will never happen
What is an example of dramatic irony
400
the shot heard around the world
What is an example of a hyperbole
500
a reference to mythological, literary or historical person, place or thing.
What is allusion
500
a form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression
What is an oxymoron
500
occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other. It may appear illogical, impossible or absurd but it turns out to have a coherent meaning that reveals a hidden truth