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Befuddling Devices
Crazy Characters and Plot Features
Author's Artistry
Figurative Five
Grammar Gambit
100
The rhyming of initial consonant sounds of words in close proximity in a line or sentence
What is alltieration
100
The main character in a story
What is protagonist?
100
The rhyming of vowel sounds to create internal rhyme
What is assonance?
100
Giving non-human things human-like qualities
What is personification?
100
A combination of two independent clauses without any connecting punctuation
What is a run on sentence?
200
The use of words to imitate sound
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
The main opposing person or force to the protagonist
What is antagonist?
200
A hint or advanced warning of what is going to happen in a story
What is foreshadowing?
200
A comparison using “like” or “as”
What is simile?
200
Punctuation that is typically used to separate dependent and independent clauses
What is a comma?
300
DAILY DOUBLE A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance.
What is allusion?
300
A character who contrasts with another character (usually the protagonist) in order to highlight important qualities of the other character
What is Foil
300
Special words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group and are difficult for others to understand
What is jargon?
300
A direct comparison that does not use like or as
What is metaphor?
300
DAILY DOUBLE Punctuation that separates, but connects, two independent clauses
What is a semicolon?
400
A situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected
What is situational irony?
400
The series of events that make up a story
What is plot?
400
Writing that looks at multiple or all perspectives to provide a well-rounded point of view
What is objective writing?
400
The use of an exaggerated statement to create an impression
What is hyperbole?
400
Punctuation that typically introduces a list
What is a colon?
500
Reaching a conclusion based on evidence from a text
What is inference?
500
The main turning point in a story or the point of highest tension in a story
What is climax?
500
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
What is bias?
500
The use of words or images in literature to represent larger ideas
What is symbolism?
500
A balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure
What is parallelism?