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It occurs when a statement or situation means something different from (or even the opposite of) what is expected.
What is irony
100

Using something concrete to represent an abstract idea or thought

What is  

Symbolism

100
Example: Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
The highest point of intensity in a short story.
What is the climax
100

A story in which that characters and action represent a truth about life.

What is an allegory

200
A difference between what is said and what is meant.
What is verbal irony. Example: Oh, goody! It's time to do my homework.
200

The way an author writes to make a character believable

Character traits- physical(appearance), personality (decisions and actions)


What is Characterization

200
A humorous word or phrase that depends on a double meaning, either from a second meaning of the same word, or from the meaning of another word with a similar sound.
What is a pun
200
A technique used in which a writer will plant clues or subtle indications about events that will happen later in the narrative.
What is foreshadowing
200
Something that stands for something more than itself.
What is a symbol
300
The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience.
What is the tone
300
Example: I'm going to die if I don't get to see Lady Gaga in concert this year.
What is hyperbole
300
A story or poem that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral.
What is an allegory
300
The insight about life that is revealed in a literary work.
What is theme
300
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen.
What is situational irony. Example: A student studies for days for an English test, but sleeps in the morning of the test, shows up late for class, and fails the test.
400

The opposite of what you think will happen actually happens.

What is irony?

400
The specialized language, often technical terms, of a particular group or profession.
What is jargon
400

Purposefully leaving out information to confuse the reader or throw him/her off track.

What is an Ambiguity

400

The main idea in the story

What is theme

400
Example: He was no Michael Jordan, but he could shoot a basketball.
What is an allusion
500

Using expressive details that do not always mean exactly what they say.  This usually creates vivid pictures in the mind’s eye of the reader. Similes, metaphors, imagery.

What is

Figurative Language

500
A type of poem that does not have any regular, recurring pattern of rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse
500
Example: Freedom weeps, wrong rules the land, and waiting justice sleeps
What is personification
500

A group of lines in a poem

Couplets – 2 lines together

Tercets- 3 lines together

Quartets- 4 lines together

Quintets- 5 lines together

What is a stanza

500

A literary tone used to make fun of human weakness. Usually trying to change the subject

What is a satire