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Text in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people of events or for abstract ideas or qualities.
What is allegory?
100
Speaker or writer’s choice of words; word choice.
What is diction?
100
A character known for one emotion or personality trait.
What is a flat character?
100
What a story is mainly about.
What is main idea?
100
When objects or animals are given human qualities.
What is personification?
200
Author’s reason for writing piece -- PIE!
What is author's purpose?
200
Repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is alliteration?
200
When the reader knows something that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony?
200
An extreme exaggeration or overstatement for effect.
What is hyperbole?
200
A comparison between two things not using the words “like” or “as.”
What is metaphor?
300
The trustworthiness or credibility of the writer or speaker.
What is ethos?
300
A feeling associated with a word, your own definition.
What is connotation?
300
A reference to another well-known piece of literature.
What is allusion?
300
A character that changes as a result of the events in a story (either a belief or a personality, etc.).
What is a dynamic character?
300
Vivid descriptive language that appeals to one or more of the senses.
What is imagery?
400
An appeal to logic.
What is logos?
400
Proof using specific examples from text.
What is (textual) evidence?
400
The literal meaning of a word, dictionary definition.
What is denotation?
400
Comparison made to show how two things are alike.
What is analogy?
400
Rhyming words at the end of a line.
What is end rhyme?
500
An appeal to emotions.
What is pathos?
500
Using words or phrases that are grammatically similar or identical in structure, sound, meaning, or meter
What is parallelism?
500
When the author gives hints about what is to come later in the text.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
500
Brief story told to illustrate a point.
What is anecdote?
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