The turning point or moment when readers interest and emotional intensity reach a peak
What is Climax?
100
the main character or hero in a drama, usually the one with whom the audience identifies
What is a protagonist?
100
use of formal words or language that leads to a serious tone
What is elevated language?
100
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words
What is alliteration?
100
a figure of speech that compares two things that have something in common
What is a metaphor
200
events that lead to a climax by adding complications or expanding the conflict
What is rising action?
200
usually the principal character in opposition of the main character
What is the antagonist?
200
the recurrence of words phrases or lines
What is repetition?
200
The repetition of vowel sounds within words.
What is assonance?
200
a figure of speech thatcompares two things that have something in common using like or as
What is a simile?
300
occurs after the climax,to reveal the final outcome of events and to tie up any loose ends
What is falling action?
300
character that interacts with the main character to move the story along
What is a minor character?
300
based on specific examples of suffering or potential threats
What is an emotional appeal?
300
The process of creating or using sounds that imitate words
What is onomatopoeia?
300
a figure of speech in which an animal , object or idea is given human characteristics
What is personification?
400
The final out come of falling action
What is resolution?
400
is a character that has traits which are opposite from one of the main characters, in order to highlight various features of that main character's personality
What is a foil?
400
when a speaker or writer expresses ideas of equal worth with the same grammatical form
What is parallelism?
400
The repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words
What is consonance?
400
a figure of speech in which the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect
What is hyperbole?
500
The part of a literary work that provides background information necessary to understand characters and their actions
What is exposition?
500
A character that evolves learns from their experiences and grows emotionally
What is a dynamic character?
500
an indirect reference to a place or literary work with which the author thinks the reader will be familiar
What is an allusion?
500
The repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry
What is meter?
500
A figure of speech in which someone absent, or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present.