WORDS AND ORIGINS
LITERARY DEVICES
WRITING SKILLS
TEXT ANALYSIS
FILM TECHNIQUES
100
Sounding like a name of popular spice, what do we call words that have similar meanings of another?

What is a synonym?

100

This device compares two things using “like” or “as.”

What is a simile?

100

This is what every paragraph should begin with.

This is a topic sentence.

100

This refers to the  “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” of a story.

What is the setting?

100

This is the angle when the camera looks down on a subject to make them seem weak or small.


What is a high angle?

200

A diary entry is usually written in this point of view.


What is first person?

200

“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of this.

What is personification?

200

This generally refers  to the most exciting or important point in a story.

What is the climax?

200

This character type is the opposite of the protagonist.

What is the antagonist.

200

The same number as a cooking implement, this film technique is used when the camera moves side to side, following a subject.

What is a pan (or panning shot)?

300

What part of speech is the word quickly?

What is an adverb?
300

The repetition of the same beginning sound, such as "Sally sells sea shells..."

What is alliteration?

300

This is a type of punctuation mark used to introduce a list.

What is a colon?

300

Frequently used by Shakespeare, this is a literary device where the audience is aware of something that a character in the story is not.

What is dramatic irony?

300

This is the shot used to show where the scene takes place.

What is an establishing shot?

400

This is a cohesive device used to avoid repeating a noun. I.e he, or she.


What is a pronoun?

400

This is when a word imitates a sound, like “buzz” or “clang.”


What is onomatopoeia?

400

Starting with T, this is a statement or theory put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved, especially in academic contexts.

What is a thesis?

400
This is a technique that is used frequently throughout plays but not all through books, included phrases such as "Enter Romeo" and "Exeunt all".

What is a stage direction?

400

The sound that characters can hear in the scene.

What is diegetic sound?
500

This is the word used for a type of narrator who is "all-knowing".

What is omniscient?
500

Starting with I, it is a phrase that isn't meant to be taken literally, like "to break the ice" or "it was a piece of cake".

What is an idiom?

500

Starting with E, this  is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots, used to indicate the omission of words from a quoted text or to suggest a pause or trailing off of thought.

What is an ellipsis?

500

A character who provides contrast to the main character.

What is the foil?

500

This French word is the deliberate use of costume, props, setting, and actor placement in a frame.

What is mise-en-scene?