Adjacent words that have the same beginning sounds.
What is alliteration?
100
Usually the villain of the story--works against the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
100
An account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
100
A history of a person's life written by that person.
What is an autobiography?
100
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
200
A literary element that evokes certain feelings or vibes in readers through words and descriptions.
What is mood?
200
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
What is symbolism?
200
"Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore!'"
In the poem "The Raven," this quotation is an example of what literary term?
What is refrain?
200
A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
What is genre?
200
The environment and time in which the story takes place.
What is the setting?
300
A short, interesting story.
Ex.) Background given on Reverend Paris about his demand for firewood and higher pay.
What is an anecdote?
300
"Tell Tale Heart" is told from this point of view.
What is first person point of view?
300
An indication or warning of a future event.
What is foreshadowing?
300
Literal meaning of the word in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
What is denotation?
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! The process by which the writer reveals the personality of a character. Can be both direct and indirect.
What is characterization?
400
A way for the writer to help the reader see or connect with an image description, action, or scene.
What is sensory language?
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
What is an allusion?
400
Anyone who has a complex personality in a story; he or she is often portrayed as a conflicted and contradictory person
What is a round character?
400
A literary compound of composition which shows the attitude toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a literary work.
What is tone?
400
Two-dimensional character in that they are relatively uncomplicated and don't change throughout the course of a work.
What is a flat character?
500
The choice of words or phrases in a speech or writing.
What is diction?
500
Method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of other characters.
What is third person omniscient?
500
Passage addressed to a person who is dead or absent.
What is an apostrophe?
500
The associations that people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition. These sometimes create emotions or feelings for the reader.
What is connotation?
500
The part of the story that gives background information such as the setting and characterization.