A technique that creates sounds in the reader's mind. The poet may use words like sizzle, zip, and boom.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Lines spoken by the actors.
What is dialogue?
100
In poetry the lines act like sentences and the stanzas act like...
What are paragraphs?
100
The author develops this when he takes a side and supports it in a persuasive essay or speech.
What is the argument?
200
Water represents life, rose represents love, fire represents power, the American flag represents the USA.
What is a symbol?
200
A form of repetition where the poet repeats the first letter of a word for effect.
What is alliteration?
200
A long uninterrupted speech by one actor usually to another actor.
What is monologue?
200
AA 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
200
An appeal to authority or morality.
What is ethos?
300
The hero, the outcast, the evil stepmother, the wise prophet.
What is an archetypal character?
300
Language that goes beyond the dictionary meaning of words. It is imaginative and suggestive rather than literal.
What is figurative language?
300
A situation in which the audience knows more than the characters on stage know - the audience is aware of something that adds meaning to what the character says or does without the character realizing this
What is dramatic irony?
300
The pattern of rhyme at the end of each line of a poem.
What is rhyme scheme?
300
The appeal used when an ad is aimed at a person's feelings. Ex. "Buy life insurance - for the people who matter in your life."
What is pathos?
400
A central idea, message, or insight of a literary work.
What is a theme?
400
An exaggeration used for effect.
What is hyperbole?
400
A brief statement directed to the audience rather than the other characters on stage.
What is an aside?
400
Four related lines of poetry
What is a quatrain?
400
The appeal used when evidence is presented for a reader to make an informed decision.
What is logos?
500
A character, plot, image, or setting that appears in literature from around the world and throughout history.
What is an archetype?
500
Rather, let us say, his whole body was a grimace.
What is metaphor?
500
A long speech addressed to the audience, revealing the speakers thoughts and feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
500
A metric foot of poetry that consists of one unstressed and one stressed syllable.
What is an iamb?
500
An error in the development of an argument. This tends to happen when the author is displaying some type of bias.