Literature terms
A figure of speech comparing two things using like or as.
What is a Simile?
Intense suffering
What is AGONY?
The emotional quality in a piece of literature.
What is Mood?
The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
What is the Protagonist?
Tied
What is BOUND?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is Symbolism?
To enclose or surround
What is ENVELOP?
Self-denying; strictly self-disciplined
What is ASCETIC?
Descriptive language that appeals to the senses and creates pictures or images in the reader’s mind.
What is Imagery?
A shock; violent jolt from impact
What is a CONCUSSION?
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is Alliteration?
To lay siege to, by surrounding with troops
What is BELEAGUER?
To retreat; to draw back
What is RECOIL?
The underlying message the writer would like to get across.The central idea of the story.
What is Theme?
A trick; an action intended to create a false impression in order to mislead
What is RUSE?
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
What is Personification?
Someone who gives information against others for reward
What is INFORMER?
To turn away in disgust or shock
What is REVOLT?
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
What is Antagonist?
A person excessively and unreasonably devoted to a cause or belief
What is FANATIC?
A surprising ending.
What is Denouement?
On a tank, a rotating structure with mounted guns
What is TURRET?
To feel unsteady or dizzy
What is REEL?
The appearance of reality in fiction.
What is Versimilitude?
A low protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony
What is PARAPET?