Comparing two unlike things using like or as. Ex. His teeth were as white as snow.
What is a simile?
100
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Ex. Her apple cheeks were very round.
What is a metaphor?
100
A main character in a story who faces an opponent that is hostile.
What is a protagonist?
100
A speech presented by a single character, most often to express their mental thoughts aloud.
What is a monologue?
100
In drama, a conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
200
An over exaggeration not meant to be taken seriously. Ex. I have told you a million times that I don't like liver.
What is a hyperbole?
200
Giving human characteristics to something that is not human. Ex: The trees stretching out their sad arms to embrace the solemn song of the nightingale.
What is personification?
200
A hostile character that opposes the main character.
What is an antagonist?
200
A play that depicts the downfall of a character due to poor judgement that usually results in death. Always has a bad ending, not happy.
What is a tragedy?
200
Character who serves as a contrast to another character.
What is a foil?
300
The repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of words that are close to each other in prose or poetry. Ex: She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
300
Words that represent sounds. Ex. buzz, bang, pop
What is onomatopoeia?
300
A warning or hint regarding a future event in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
A remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but not heard by the other characters in the play.
What is an aside?
300
Long speech in which a character who is alone on stage expresses private thoughts or feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
400
The repetition of the vowel sound in non-rhyming words in a line of poetry or prose. Ex: "I lie down by the side fo my bride"/"Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese"/"Hear the lark and harden to the barking of the dark fox gone to ground" by Pink Floyd
What is assonance?
400
A figure of speech in which the words do not have literal meaning. Ex: It is raining cats and dogs.
What is an idiom?
400
The contrast between what the expectations of a situation are and what is really the case.
What is irony?
400
A play that is light and can be humorous in tone and ends happily, with a peaceful resolution of the
main conflict .
What is a comedy?
400
A variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of speakers. The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but may also be defined by other factors, such as social class or ethnic group.
What is dialect?
500
A reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in history or another work of literature (often indirect or brief
references to well‐known characters , literature or events)
What is an allusion?
500
A narrative (story) in which characters and settings stand as symbols expressing truths about human life. Often animals are the main characters.
What is allegory?
500
The central idea or insight about human life the author wants us to obtain from reading the author’s writing.
What is theme?
500
The main character in a tragedy who often shows evidence of high rank and nobility of character, is marred by a tragic flaw or a fatal mistake in judgment, gains self‐
knowledge and wisdom, and comes to an unhappy end.
What is a tragic hero?
500
A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play.