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Lit
Al-LIT-eration
So Lit it Burns
Litter than Lit
Too Lit to Quit
100
A comparison between two unlike things.
What is a metaphor?
100
The character who works against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
100
Adjacent words with the same beginning sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
The central problem in a work of literature.
What is conflict?
100
The main idea or lesson behind a work of literature.
What is the theme?
200
The thoughts and feelings a piece of writing evokes for the reader.
What is mood?
200
A conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue?
200
A long work of fiction.
What is a novel?
200
The choice of words or language in a work of literature.
What is diction?
200
Background information including the characterization and setting given at the beginning of a story.
What is the exposition?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Thoughts and feelings associated with a word, as opposed to its literal meaning.
What is connotation?
300
When one work of literature refers to another work of literature, art, music, time in history, or famous person.
What is an allusion?
300
A literary compound of composition which shows the writer's attitude toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work.
What is tone?
300
The literal meaning of a word, as opposed feelings or thoughts associated with the word.
What is denotation?
300
The literary device used in "The Raven" when the Raven lands on a bust of Pallas Athena.
What is allusion?
400
A type of writing that tries to convince the audience of a certain viewpoint or idea.
What is persuasive writing?
400
Writing that is intended to explain or describe something
What is expository writing?
400
A short story within a larger story that is usually told as a side-note. Ex.) When Miller takes a second to talk about Revered Paris' greed for a higher salary.
What is an anecdote?
400
A character with a complex personality.
What is a round character?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! A type of writing that tells a story.
What is a narrative?
500
A speech given to an inanimate object or dead person.
What is an apostrophe?
500
An act of stating something more than it actually is in order to make the point more serious or important or beautiful. In literature, writers use it as a literary technique for the sake of humor, and for laying emphasis on a certain point.
What is an overstatement?
500
A figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. It may also be a situation that may end up in quite a different way that what is generally anticipated. It may also be when a character says something they do not mean (sarcasm).
What is irony?
500
A literary device in which opposites are placed in the same sentence or phrase. Ex.) "My only love sprung from my only hate." -Romeo and Juliet
What is a paradox?
500
Words or statements that lead to vagueness and confusion.
What is ambiguity?