This is the thing that goes against the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
The final paragraph of an essay which sums up the argument
What is the conclusion?
This is the repetition of beginning sounds of words, as in “he held her heart in his hand.”
What is alliteration?
Lord of the Flies: Order and civilization
What is the conch?
The part of the sentence that is the main verb.
What is the predicate?
How the reader feels about the subject and setting of the story.
What is the mood?
Usually the last sentence of the introduction which provides the main point and argument of the essay
What is the thesis?
The repetition of end sounds.
What is rhyme?
"The Windhover":
Jesus Christ
What is the kestrel?
The feelings and cultural ideas that go along with the meaning of a word.
What is connotation?
The big, underlying idea of a story that the author wants the reader to think about.
What is the theme?
This is information before a quote that gives a reader an indication of where the evidence comes from.
What is context?
Donne’s poem, “Death Be Not Proud” is an example of this poetic device.
What is personification?
"Shaving":
The beauty of the sunset
What is savoring a last moment with his dying father?
When elements of writing connect to our physical feelings.
What is a sensory detail?
A character that DOES NOT change over time is termed this.
What is static?
This is the purpose of the matters sentences
What is to explain why the evidence is important in relationship to the thesis and how it connects to the most important ideas
Two lines of poetry that rhyme,
This is their name for all of time.
What is a couplet?
In "Through the Tunnel":
growth & rite of passage
The tunnel
A section of a poem with four lines.
What is a quatrain?
When the speaker knows everything about all (or most) of the characters' thoughts and feelings in the story.
What is an omniscient narrator?
Usually the second piece of information in an MLA citation for a book.
What is the book’s title
A poem that highlights emotions in a particular moment.
What is a lyric poem?
My Last Duchess
Poseidon taming the seahorse
Who is Ferrara subduing women
The action of cleansing your feelings by viewing a very emotionally important art piece.
What is catharsis?