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comparison using "like" or "as"
What is simile?
100
main character of a work
What is protagonist?
100
text meant to be read aloud in front of a group of people
What is speech?
100
short composition on a particular theme/topic
What is essay?
100
hints about what will happen later
What is foreshadowing?
200
literal meaning of a word
What is denotation?
200
main protagonist in an epic poem
What is epic hero?
200
the person speaking in the poem, like the narrator in a prose - not always the poet
What is speaker?
200
biography about oneself written by oneself
What is autobiography?
200
the arrangement of items, such as furniture, props, and talent, in a shot
What is staging?
300
comparison without the use of comparative terms
What is metaphor?
300
character who works against the protagonist
What is antagonist?
300
word choice
What is diction?
300
long narrative poem in formal, elevated style that chronicles heroic deeds and events important to a culture or nation
What is epic?
300
use of material unrelated to the subject of a work
What is digression?
400
non-literal meaning of a word
What is connotation?
400
character's reasons for the pursuit of his/her goal
What is character motivation?
400
mode of expression in language
What is style?
400
an account of someone's life story
What is biography?
400
word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers to
What is antecedent?
500
deliberate exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
500
the creation of the image or imaginary characters in a literary work
What is characterization?
500
special language of a profession or group
What is jargon?
500
usually comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correct vice and folly
What is satire?
500
the omission of a word or several words
What is ellipsis?