Repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
What is Alliteration
100
A speaker or writer's choice of words.
What is diction
100
The use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person ,a thing, a place, or an experience.
What is imagery
100
Figure of speech that makes comparison between two unlike things
What is a simile
100
Character is one who changes in some important way as a result of the story's action
What is Dynamic Character
200
The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story
What is Conflict
200
A long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character.
What is an epic
200
poetic and rhetorical device in which normally unassociated ideas, words, or phrases are placed next to one another, creating an effect of surprise and wit.
What is Juxtaposition
200
A distinctive way in which a writer uses language, diction, tone, and syntax.
What is style
200
Character who has more dimensions to their personalities ---they are complex, just like real people are.
What is Round Character
300
in a word or phrase, often a figure of speech, that has become lifeless because of overuse.
What is a cliche
300
A very short story told in prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
What is fable
300
A poem that does not tell a story but expresses the personal feelings or thoughts of the speaker.
What is a lyric poem
300
Feeling of uncertainty and curiosity about what will happen next in a story.
What is suspense
300
Character who has only one or two personality traits. They are one dimensional. They can be summed up in one phrase.
What is Flat Character
400
In poetry, a type of rhetorical balance in which the second part in syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed.
What is Chiasmus
400
A poem of mourning, usually about someone who has died.
What is an elegy
400
A sentence that places the main idea or central complete thought at the end of the sentence, after all the introductory elements.
What is a periodic
400
A long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage.
What is soliloquy
400
Author tells us what the character is like. Romantic style literature relied more heavily on this form
What is Direct Characterization
500
Attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object
What is Anthropomorphism
500
Sentence marked by the use of connecting words between clauses or sentences, explicitly showing the logical or other relationships between them. Ex: I am tired because it is hot
What is hypotactic
500
Simply juxtaposes clauses or sentences. Ex: I am tired: it is hot
What is paratactic sentence
500
Sentence structures that are extraordinarily complex and involved. Often difficult for a reader to follow.
What is syntactic permutation
500
The author reveals to the reader what the character is like by describing the characters physical traits, looks, and the actions they do. Common in modern literature