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Vocabulary
Figurative Language
Poetry
Drama
Elements of Fiction
100
The literal dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
100
A direct comparison of two unlike things, using the word like or as.
What is simile?
100
Essays are divided into paragraphs but poems are divided into these.
What are stanzas?
100
These lines are written in italics and set off in brackets and describe the setting and tell actors what to do.
What are stage directions?
100
The sequence of events in fiction or drama.
What is plot?
200
Words that have the same meanings.
What are synonyms?
200
The use of language that appeals to the five senses to create a picture in the readers' mind.
What is imagery?
200
The repetition of sounds at the ends of lines.
What is rhyme?
200
Words spoken by characters.
What is dialogue?
200
A struggle or problem that a main character must resolve. (Hint: man vs. man, man vs. himself, man vs. society, man vs. environment)
What is conflict?
300
The emotional weight or mood a word carries.
What is connotation?
300
A comparison of two unlike things, without using the words like or as.
What is metaphor?
300
Poetry with a fixed structure such as meter and rhyme. One example would be the haiku.
What is formal verse?
300
A long speech delivered by one character usually to another character.
What is a monologue?
300
The bulk of the story, during which the character works to resolve the problem.
What is rising action?
400
Words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
400
An extreme exaggeration for effect. Ex: I'll die of embarrassment.
What is hyperbole?
400
Poetry with no strict meter or rhyme.
What is free verse?
400
A speech delivered by one character while he or she is ALONE onstage.
What is a soliloquy?
400
The turning point in the story; usually the most exciting part.
What is climax?
500
Words that sound the same and sometimes have the same spelling, but they differ in meaning such as discreet and discrete.
What are homonyms?
500
An indirect reference to a well-known person, place, event, or object in history or in another literary work like the Bible or Greek mythology.
What is an allusion?
500
A 14-line poem with a precise rhyme scheme and meter.
What is a sonnet?
500
This occurs when the reader or audience knows something that a character does not.
What is dramatic irony?
500
The ending of the story, when the conflict is worked out.
What is resolution?