Phrase/Wording
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is Alliteration?
She is as pretty as a rose
What is Simile?
What mostly happened in the story or novel
What is Plot?
The artistic representation of human nature in terms of traits, actions and motives.
The act of telling a sequence of events, often in chronological order.
What is Narration?
Mike likes his new bike.
What is Consonance?
He is as large as a house.
What is Hyperbole?
Define: Inciting Incident
An event of force that starts the rising action of a story’s plot.
A __________ character is one whose speech, actions and thoughts are what is expected by the reader (all good characters are this). “Behaviour that is totally in character”.
What is Consistent?
A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character talks to himself or herself or reveals his or her thoughts without addressing a listener.
What is Solioquy?
Use of words that sound like their meaning.
What is Onomatopoeia?
A reference to a familiar person, place, thing or event.
What is Allusion?
A _______ is a problem offering two solutions, neither of which is acceptable. The dilemma is sometimes used as a rhetorical device, in the form “you must accept either A, or B”
What is a Dilemma?
The term means a rival or opponent who cannot be overcome.
What is Nemesis?
A literary work in which human weakness, vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision or wit.
What is Satire?
A direct contrast or exact opposition to something. The best antitheses express their contrary ideas in a balanced sentence.
What is Antithesis?
When a character speaks to an object, an idea, or someone who does not exist like it is a person.
What is Apostrophe?
The emotional landscape of a work.
What is Atmosphere?
A fatal ______ leading to the ending / downfall of a tragic hero
Hamartia (Flaw)
A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow,
What is Tragedy?
A statement that appears illogical or contradictory at first, but the contradiction dissolves under a proper explanation to reveal an underlying truth.
What is Paradox?
Where a word or expression is shifted from its normal usage to a context where it evokes new meanings.
What is Metaphor?
A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of incident, a device, a reference or verbal formula, which appears frequently in works of literature
What is Motif?
Arrogance, excessive self-pride and self confidence.
What is Hubris?
A written stylistic technique where two or more words, phrases, or clauses are presented in similar structural and grammatical form
What is Parallel Structure?