Poetry
A pair of rhyming lines
What is a couplet?
When the author explicitly tells the reader what a character is like
What is direct characterization?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
Someone says one thing but means another
What is verbal irony?
Exaggerated figure of speech
What is hyperbole?
Unrhymed poetry
What is free verse?
When a character struggles within himself
What is internal conflict?
POW ZAP BANG
What is onomatopoeia?
A short story that teaches a moral, Jesus used these frequently
What is a parable?
Tom Sawyer to Huck Finn; Col. Fitzwilliam to Mr. Darcy
What is a foil?
Four lines of poetry
What is a quatrain?
Man vs. man, man vs. nature
What is external conflict?
Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
A work that makes fun of another piece of work
What is parody?
A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. Ex. "We requested the crown's support for petition."
What is metonymy?
A work that represents an idea outside of itself; Animal Farm is a great example of one
What is allegory?
A character that has only one or two personality traits
What is a flat character?
"Gonna" used in everyday language.
What is colloquialism?
When a work makes reference to another work or character outside of itself
What is allusion?
Calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea
What is apostrophe?
A mournful poem, usually used to lament the death of someone
What is an elegy?
A character that changes in some important way
What is a dynamic character?
Repeating vowel sounds
What is assonance?
The author's word choice (I'll yell at you if you say they use this)
What is diction?
Informal spoken language rather than a dictionary definition
What is colloquialism?