Story Parts 2
Rhetorical Vocabulary
Poetic Terms
Symbols from Stories
General Vocabulary 2
200

This is thing that goes against the main character of a story.

What is the ANTAGONIST?

200

The use of facts, statistic and other "countable" things in an argument.

What is LOGOS?

200

This is the repetition of beginning sounds of words, as in “he held her heart in his hand.”

What is ALLITERATION?

200

In Lord of the Flies:

The conch

Civilization. Togetherness. Order.

200

The part of the sentence that is the main verb.

What is the PREDICATE?

400

How the reader feels about the subject and setting of the story.

What is the MOOD?

400

The person who makes an argument.

Who is the AUTHOR?

400

The repetition of end sounds.

What is RHYME?

400

In Merchant of Venice:

The caskets

The difference between what is on the inside and what's on the outside.

400

The feelings and cultural ideas that go along with the meaning of a word.

What is the CONNOTATION?

600

The big, underlying idea of a story that the author wants the reader to think about.

What is THEME?

600

Credibility. Trustworthiness.

What is ETHOS?

600

Donne’s poem, “Death Be Not Proud” is an example of this poetic device.

What is PERSONIFICATION?

600

In Through the Tunnel:

the tunnel

Growing up. Rite of Passage.

600

When elements of writing connect to our physical feelings.

What is SENSORY DETAIL?

800

A character that does not change over time is termed this.

What is STATIC?

800

The situation in which an argument is made.

What is CONTEXT?

(SETTING)

800

Two lines of poetry that rhyme,

This is their name for all of time.

What is a COUPLET?

800

In Antigone:

the cave

Punishment. Aloneness. Death

800

A section of a poem with four lines.

What is a QUATRAIN?

1000

When the speaker knows everything about all (or most) of the characters' thoughts and feelings in the story.

What is an OMNISCIENT NARRATOR?

1000

The problem with an argument when one oversimplifies their opponents side of the argument to more easily oppose it.

What is the STRAW MAN FALLACY?

1000

A poem that highlights emotions in a particular moment.

What is a LYRIC?

1000

In Twelve Angry Men:

glasses

Reasonable doubt. 

1000

The action of cleansing your feelings by viewing a very emotionally important art piece. 

What is CATHARSIS?