WORDS AND ORIGINS
What is a synonym?
This device compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
This is what every paragraph should begin with.
This is a topic sentence.
This refers to the “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” of a story.
What is the setting?
This is the angle when the camera looks down on a subject to make them seem weak or small.
What is a high angle?
A diary entry is usually written in this point of view.
What is first person?
“The wind whispered through the trees” is an example of this.
What is personification?
This generally refers to the most exciting or important point in a story.
What is the climax?
This character type is the opposite of the protagonist.
What is the antagonist.
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)?
What part of speech is the word quickly?
The repetition of the same beginning sound, such as "Sally sells sea shells..."
What is alliteration?
This is a type of punctuation mark used to introduce a list.
What is a colon?
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?
This is the shot used to show where the scene takes place.
What is an establishing shot?
This is a cohesive device used to avoid repeating a noun. I.e he, or she.
What is a pronoun?
This is when a word imitates a sound, like “buzz” or “clang.”
What is onomatopoeia?
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?
What is a stage direction?
The sound that characters can hear in the scene.
This is the word used for a type of narrator who is "all-knowing".
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?
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?
A character who provides contrast to the main character.
What is the foil?
This French word is the deliberate use of costume, props, setting, and actor placement in a frame.
What is mise-en-scene?