Language
Arts
Literary
Final
Terms
100

Similie

What is a comparison using "like" or "as"

100

Ode

What is a type of poem that glorifies or praises a person, place, or thing.

100

Diction

What is an author's choice of words and style of expression

100

Line

What is a single row of words in a poem

100

Dialouge

What is a conversation between two or more people

200

Metaphor

What is a direct comparison between two unrelated things

200

Stanza

What is a group of lines in a poem, like a paragraph in prose.
200

Haiku

What is a three line Japanese poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern

200

Personification

What is giving human qualities to non-human things

200

Hyperbole 

What is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally

300

Pun

What is a humourous play on words with double meanings

300

Tone

What is the author's attitude toward the subject or audience

300

Motif

What is a recurring element or idea in literary work

300

Alliteration

What is the repetition of the same starting consonant sound in nearby words

300

Cinquian

What is a five-line poem with a specific syllable or word pattern

400

Onomatopoeia

What is a word the imitates the sound it makes

400

Characterization

What is the method a author uses to develop a character's personality.

400

Plot

What is the sequence of events in a story

400

Figurative Language

What is a language that uses figures of speech to be more effective or persuasive

400

Implied Metaphor

What is a metaphor that suggests the comparison without stating it directly

500

Satire

A literary work that uses humor or ridicule to criticize or expose flaws

500

Enjabment

What is the continuation of a sentence or phrase beyond the end of a line of poetry

500

Parallelism

What is the repetition of grammatical structure in a sentence or series of sentences

500

Apostrophe

What is speaking directly to someone absent, dead, or an inanimate object

500

Archetype

What is a typical example of a character, setting, or situation that recurrs across literature