a kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
What is personification?
100
the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same consonant sound
What is alliteration?
100
the use of devices like irony, understatement, and exaggeration to highlight a human folly or a societal problem
What is a satire?
100
occurs when the opposite of what the hero intends is what happens
What is reversal?
200
a character, action, or situation that is a prototype, or pattern, or human life
What is an archetype?
200
a form of personification in which the absent, or dead, are spoken to as if present, and the inanimate as if animate
What is an apostrophe?
200
the measured, patterned arrangement of syllables according to stress and length in a poem
What is a meter?
200
a deliberate, extravagant, and often outrageous exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
200
occurs as the hero meets his catastrophe, at which point he recognizes his flaw and the reason he must die
What is recognition?
300
a term that describes the tension between opposing forces in a work of literature and is an essential element of plot
What is conflict?
300
occurs when the elements of a statement contradict each other
What is a paradox?
300
the varying speed, intensity, elevation, pitch, loudness, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry
What is rhythm?
300
a term that describes a pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism in a work of literature
What is a motif?
300
arrogance before the gods
What is hubris?
400
the writer's characteristic manner of employing language
What is style?
400
a form of metaphor in which a part of something is used to signify the whole
What is a synecdoche?
400
the repetition of vowel sounds in a series of words
What is assonance?
400
a contrast or opposition
What is an antithesis?
400
the tragic flaw that leads to the tragic hero's downfall
What is hamartia?
500
refers to a change or movement in a piece resulting from an epiphany, realization, or insight gained by the speaker, a character, or the reader
What is a rhetorical shift?
500
a form or metaphor in which the name of one thing is applied to another thing with which it is closely associated
What is metonymy?
500
the repetition of a consonant sound within or at the end of a series of words to produce a harmonious effect
What is consonance?
500
functions by convincing or persuading an audience or by proving or refuting a point of view or an issue; composers will also use a combination of logical (logos), emotional (pathos), and ethical (ethos) appeals to establish their credibility
What is argumentation?
500
the release of emotion from the audience's perspective