A hero with a flaw that leads to his or her downfall.
What is A TRAGIC HERO?
100
Words that appeal to our five senses.
What is IMAGERY?
100
Something that is itself, but also represents more than itself.
What is A SYMBOL?
100
This is most often the author's purpose in a documentary.
What is TO INFORM?
100
In the sentence, "Robert studied his English textbook," textbook is one of these.
What is a DIRECT OBJECT?
200
This is the type of play that ends with death.
What is A TRAGEDY?
200
"He was as big as a Mack truck" is an example of one of these.
What is A SIMILE?
200
This is a contrast between what is expected to happen, and what actually happens.
What is IRONY?
200
This is the genre when an author writes about his or her own life.
What is AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
200
In the sentence "Mr. Graci loves cheese pizza", the word "loves" is one of these.
What is A TRANSITIVE VERB?
300
This is the theater in which Shakespeare's plays were first performed.
What is THE GLOBE THEATER?
300
Shakespeare wrote many of this type of poem; an example would be "No Longer Mourn for Me When I am Dead".
What is THE SONNET?
300
This is the term for the ending of a story.
What is RESOLUTION?
300
In a piece of persuasive writing, this is the statement that present your main idea to the reader. Everything in the essay is designed to support and prove this statement.
What is THE THESIS STATEMENT?
300
"The bear stole my cheeseburger, but I caught it."
is an example of THIS TYPE of sentence.
What is a COMPOUND SENTENCE?
400
This is the term for a monologue which reveals the character's innermost thoughts.
What is A SOLILOQUY?
400
This type of poetry tells a story.
What is NARRATIVE POETRY?
400
The time and place in which the events of a literary work take place.
What is THE SETTING?
400
This is the type of tone an author would take in an essay that is serious in tone and subject, and objective in point of view.
What is FORMAL?
400
In the sentence, "Our lemonade is sour", the word "our" is one of these.
What is A FIRST PERSON PRONOUN?
500
This is the meter in which Shakespeare wrote all of his plays and poetry.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
"David dangled dandelions down from the divider" is an example of this.
What is ALLITERATION?
500
In this point-of-view, the author knows everything about everything and can see inside all of the characters' heads.
What is THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT?
500
The name for this type of writing comes from the French word meaning "to try."
What is AN ESSAY?
500
In "I like swimming", the word swimming is one of these.