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Styles of Writing and Writing Techniques...
Styles of Writing and Writing Techniques (cont'd)...
Parts of a Story or Play
Literary Formats
Figurative Language and Poetry
100
The repetition of the same/similar consonant sounds in words close together.
What is alliteration?
100
The part of essay that states a position to be proved.
What is a thesis?
100
The conflict between a character pitted against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character.
What is external conflict?
100
A very short story of prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
What is a fable?
100
A fourteen line poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
200
A series of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing?
200
The principal character in opposition to the main character. Sometimes characterized as a villan.
What is an antagonist?
200
The central character or hero in a narrative or drama, usually the one with whom audiences identify with.
What is a protagonist?
200
A story is one in which a heroic character either dies or comes to some other unhappy end.
What is a tragedy?
200
A word or phrase that is a description of one thing compared to another. It is not meant to be taken literally.
What is a figure of speech?
300
When a comparison is made without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
300
Something that stands for or represents something else. Usually the thing that it represents is greater than itself.
What is a symbol?
300
The series of events that a occur in a story.
What is a plot?
300
A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people, events, abstract ideas, or qualities.
What is an allegory?
300
A special kind of contrast between appearance and reality; usually one in which reality is the opposite from what it seems.
What is irony?
400
The repetition of same or similar final consonant sounds on accented syllables or in important words.
What is consonance?
400
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
What is an analogy?
400
A character who acts in contrast to another character. (Basically, they are opposites.)
What is a foil?
400
A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero whose actions reflect the ideas and values of a nation or race.
What is an epic?
400
A figure of speech that makes explicit comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
500
Analyze the three main types of irony. Why are they different from each other? Be specific.
The three types of irony are verbal, situational, and dramatic. Verbal irony occurs when someone says one thing and means something else. Situational irony takes place when there is a discrepancy between what is expected to happen and what actually happens. Dramatic irony occurs when a character in a play/story thinks one thing is true but the audience or reader knows better.
500
The conflict that occurs within a character?
What is internal conflict?
500
The vantage point from which the writer tells the story.
What is point of view?
500
A long work that takes the average reader several day, or even weeks to complete.
What is a novel?
500
A Japanese poetic form consisting of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
What is a haiku?