the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.
What is repetition?
100
prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.
What is Fiction?
100
words that describe sights, sounds, movements and recreate sensory experience
What is Imagery?
100
Poem that tells a story
what is a Narrative?
100
an author's attitude toward the subject
What is tone?
200
Repetition of the beginning consonant sound.
(ex: rough and ready)
What is alliteration?
200
stories that could have happened to people or animals in a believable setting.
What is Realistic Fiction?
200
reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical, or historical
what is Allusion?
200
poetry that is not written with a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme
what is Free Verse?
200
main idea, lesson, or insight about life
What is theme?
300
the use of words that imitate sounds, as in buzz, hiss, or murmur.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
story that seeks a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on their fears.
What is Horror?
300
giving human characteristics to a non-human thing or substance
what is Personification?
300
a long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman character
what is Epic Poetry?
300
an author's word choice
What is diction?
400
Repetition of internal vowel sound, as in "how now brown cow"
What is assonance?
400
story that relies on the emotional and relational development of realistic characters.
What is Drama?
400
comparison of two unlike things without using like or as
what is Metaphor?
400
a Japanese form of poetry with three lines of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables
what is a Haiku?
400
The introductory material which gives the setting, creates the tone, presents the characters, and presents other facts necessary to understanding the story.
What is exposition?
500
Repetitive sounds produced by consonants within a sentence or phrase.
What is consonance?
500
Novel about the romantic love between two people.
What is a Romantic Novel?
500
the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.
what is Diction?
500
fourteen lines of iambic pentameter -- a very common form of poetry