The central character of a drama, novel, or narrative poem
What is a PROTAGONIST?
100
A form of personification in which the absent, or dead, are spoken to as if they are present, and the inanimate as if it is animate.
What is APOSTROPHE?
100
the varying speed, intensity, elevation, pitch, loudness, and expressiveness of speech, especially poetry
What is RHYTHM?
100
a logical argument or evidence
What is LOGOS?
100
a traditional rhetorical strategy based on the assumption that a subject may be shown more clearly by pointing out ways in which it is unlike another subject
What is CONTRAST?
200
Spoken words created by an author to help the reader learn about the characters
What is DIALOGUE?
200
A form of paradox that combines a pair of opposite terms into a single unusual expression.
What is an OXYMORON?
200
the repetition of consonant sounds in the middle or at the end of words
What is CONSONANCE?
200
an emotional appeal
What is PATHOS?
200
a character with a fully-developed personality
What is a ROUND CHARACTER?
300
The dictionary definition of a word
What is DENOTATION?
300
A kind of metaphor that gives inanimate objects or abstract ideas human characteristics
What is a PARADOX?
300
the measured, patterned arrangement of syllables according to stress and length in a poem
What is METER?
300
the ethical appeal - establishes credibility
What is ETHOS?
300
the writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject, character, or audience, and conveyed primarily through the author's choice of diction, imagery, figurative language, details, and syntax
What is TONE?
400
The emotional atmosphere in a literary work
What is MOOD?
400
A play on words that are either identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings. May be serious or humorous.
What is a PUN?
400
a reference to a mythological, literary, or historical person, place, or thing
What is an ALLUSION?
400
moving from generalizations to valid inferences about particulars - or some combination of the two - as it's pattern of development
What is DEDUCTION?
400
a sudden unfolding in which a character proceeds from ignorance and innocence in knowledge and experience
What is an EPIPHANY?
500
A character, actor, or situation that is a prototype (e.g. old crone, villian, girl in distress, etc.)
What is an ARCHETYPE?
500
a form of metaphor in which the name of one thing is applied to another thing with which it is closely associated
What is METONYMY?
500
repetition of similar vowel sounds
What is ASSONANCE?
500
functions by convincing or persuading an audience or by proving or refuting a point of vciew or an issue
What is ARGUMENTATION?
500
an accepted phrase or expression having a meaning different from the literal