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General Terms
Fiction Terms
Poetry Terms
Drama Terms
Writing Process
100
The central message or perception about life in the literary work.
What is theme?
100
The time and place a literary work occurs.
What is setting?
100
The use of words or phrases that sound like things to which they refer.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
Notes included in a play giving description of how it should be performed.
What are stage directions?
100
A main idea that is supported in a work of nonfiction.
What is a thesis?
200
The author's choice of words.
What is diction?
200
This person has the central role in a literary work.
Who is the Protagonist?
200
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
200
A major division of a play.
What is an act?
200
Words or phrases that lead from one idea, thought or paragraph to another.
What are transitions?
300
It represents or stands for something other than itself in literature.
What is a symbol?
300
A character whose traits contrast with or highlight the traits of another character.
Who is the foil?
300
Character who speaks in or narrates the poem.
Who is the speaker?
300
A short section of a play that usually marks changes of time and place.
What is a scene?
300
Includes the "hook" and thesis.
What is the introduction?
400
The emotion created in the reader by the work.
What is mood?
400
The character or force in conflict with the main character.
What is the antagonist?
400
A figure of speech where an animal, thing, force of nature, or idea is described as if it was human.
What is personification?
400
Conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
400
Includes a restatement of thesis or a thought with which to leave readers.
What is the conclusion?
500
It is the difference between appearance and reality.
What is irony?
500
A familiar pattern repeated across literature and cultures.
What is an archetype?
500
Pictures are created by appealing to the five senses.
What is imagery?
500
A weakness of personality that causes unfortunate choices.
What is a flaw?
500
Adjustments to sentence structure, composition and corrections to spelling, grammar and punctuation occur here.
What is Revising and Editing?