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Poetry
Parts of Writing
Comedy Terms
Types of Repetition
Hodge Podge
100
long narrative poem in formal, elevated style that chronicles, heroic needs and events, important to a culure or nation.
What is epic?
100
theme, meaning, or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support.
What is thesis?
100
comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement.
What is humor?
100
repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis.
What is repetition?
100
vantage point of a story where the narrator can know, see, and report whatever she sees.
What is omniscient point of view?
200
protagonist in a epic poem.
What is epic hero?
200
meaning the author expresses through his/her work.
What is author's message?
200
usually a comedy that exposes errors with an eye to correct vice and folly.
What is satire?
200
repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
200
mode of expression in language.
What is style?
300
a usually long and dramatic speech by a single character.
What is monologue?
300
authors personal favoring towards a subject.
What is author's bias?
300
combination of opposites.
What is oxymoron?
300
repetition of consonant sounds.
What is consonance?
300
figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness.
What is euphemism?
400
repeated grouping of three or more lines with the same meter and rhyme scheme.
What is stanza?
400
the reason why an author created his/her work.
What is author's purpose?
400
statement that seems to be self- contradictory but it is actually true.
What is paradox?
400
repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
400
special language of a profession or group.
What is jargon?
500
repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance?
500
a similar grammatical structure within a sentence or within a paragraph.
What is parallel structure?
500
deliberate exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
500
repetition of a word or phrase followed by additional information.
What is amplification?
500
the omission of word or several words.
What is ellipsis?