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BONUS!
100
Giving animal traits to humans
What is Animalization?
100
Epistrophe
What is Repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses or lines in poetry?
100
Not within the time period.
What is Anachronism?
100
Bildungroman
What is an awakening story; journey to maturity?
100
Syntax either without conjunction or with extensive use of them.
What is Parataxis?
200
Addressing something not really there or not alive.
What is Apostrophe?
200
Innocent Eye
What is the form of 1st person? Example: naive child
200
Device of parallelism in which the same expression is repeated at the beginning of 2 or more lines,clauses, or sentence.
What is Anaphora?
200
Catharsis
What is purging of emotions, especially in reading or watching tragedy, especially emotions of pity and fear.
200
An imitation of a worthy work with intent of poking fun at the original; often satirical.
What is Parody?
300
Repetition of vowel sounds within the words.
What is Assonance?
300
Interior Monologue
What is technique for presenting emotional experience of a character; thoughts of the character?
300
Two very contrasting ideas creating emphasis.
What is Antithesis?
300
Epiphany
What is a moment of revelation or insight in which a character recognizes some truth or comes to some understanding?
300
Describes a personified thing speaking.
What is Prosopopoeia?
400
An elaborate analogy.
What is Conceit?
400
Meiosis
What is almost opposite hyperbole in that it represents something less than it is?
400
Intentional failure to complete a sentence; not exactly a stylistic fragment, but used more to leave the reader thinking.
What is Aposiospesis?
400
Hamartia
What is a tragic flaw in a character.
400
Using more conjunctions than actually needed, especially in a list.
What is Polysyndeton?
500
Motif
What is a term describing a pattern or strand of imagery or symbolism in a work of literature; might be a river, cave, fire, etc.
500
Riotous action and attitude, party mentality.
What is Bacchanalian revel?
500
Litotes
What is a technique which affirms the negative aspects of something to describe it?
500
Holding up to ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings and society with the hope of correcting those problems.
What is Satire?