Poetry
Characters
Literary Terms
Figurative Language
Potpourri
100

a strong "odor" has a ______ connotation

negative

100

character doesn't change

static

100

The events of a story

plot

100

a comparison between two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another

metaphor

100

"Nobody listens to that song anymore" is an example of what kind of figurative language

hyperbole

200

the voice talking in a poem

speaker

200

character changes throughout the story

dynamic

200

A story's main message or moral

theme

200

extreme exaggeration

hyperbole

200
"The door was opened" is written in active or passive voice

passive

300

repetition of vowel sounds within words

assonance

300

see all aspects of a character's personality

round

300

a contrast between expectation and reality

irony

300

a play on words that have the same or similar sounds but different meanings

pun

300

Name at least 3 types of sound devices

assonance, consonance, alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, repetition

400

the pattern of end rhymes used in a poem

rhyme scheme

400

a character who does not play a large role in a story

minor character

400
the uncertainty the reader feels about what will happen next in a story

suspense

400

a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of something else and is not literally true

figure of speech (figurative language)

400

"You could paddle through the spittle in the bottle" is an example of what type of sound device

consonance

500

All writing that is not poetry is called this

prose

500

the author tells you about the character

direct characterization

500

a scene in the story that occurred before the present time

flashback

500

an expression that is illogical and means something other than its literal statement

idiom

500

Alexus was disappointed when the results of auditions were announced.  Is the underlined portion the cause or effect?

cause