A-D
E-I
J-P
P-S
S-V and bonus Q's
100

repetition at close intervals of consonant sounds for a purpose 

ex. "good grief" 

What is Alliteration?

100

a mild substitution for a crude, hurtful, or otherwise offensive expression

ex. "Jeez"

What is Euphemism?

100

two or more ideas, places, characters, and their actions are placed side by side to develop comparisons and contrasts

 ex. All's fair in love and war

What is Juxtaposition?

100

a type of personification that attributes human emotions to things that are non-human: objects, weather, animals

What is Pathetic Fallacy?

100

how a writer says something; can include word choice, syntax, and tone

What is Style?

200

unexplained reference to something in literature, history, religion texts...

ex. Romeo and Juliet 

What is Allusion?

200

moves the reader from the chronological narrative to the past

ex.  "The backfiring of the bus sent the older man spiraling back to his youth."

What is Flashback?

200

comparison of two different things by saying one is the other

ex. She was a snake

What is Metaphor?

200

The central character in the story

ex. Harry Potter

What is Protagonist?

200

the central idea(s) in a literary work

What is Theme?

300

repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more clauses, sentences, or paragraphs

ex. “You are kind, you are smart, and you are important"

What is Anaphora?

300

character who provides a striking contrast to another character

ex.  "Neville Longbottom is a foil to Harry Potter, yet they are not enemies"

What is Foil?

300

feeling or atmosphere a writer creates for the reader through setting, characterization, diction

ex. anger, calm, hopeful

What is Mood?

300

ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions

What is Satire?

300

the writer’s, narrator’s attitude toward a subject


What is Tone?

400

character or force that opposes the protagonist (can be the character himself)

ex. The Joker

What is Antagonist?

400

author hints at plot developments directly or indirectly that don't occur until later in the story

What is Foreshadowing?

400

recurring image, word, phrase, action, idea, object, or situation used throughout a work 

ex. every time two characters are in conflict, it is raining outside

What is Motif?
400

direct comparison between two unlike things using like or as

ex. as cold as ice

What is Simile?

400

an author or narrator’s distinctive manner of expression


What is Voice?

500

representation of traits, motives, and psychology of character

What is Characterization?

500

an exaggeration for emphasis or humorous effect

ex.  I slept for a week after that tough practice 

What is Hyperbole?

500

the person from whose point of view events are conveyed


What is Narrator?

500

the time, place for the actions to occur;  values -concepts of enduring worth and importance; principles associated with the time and place of the setting; social economic conditions

What is Setting?

500

Soft as a feather

What is Simile?

600

struggle between two opposing forces: man vs man; man vs self, man vs society; man vs nature

ex. disagreeing with what someone says

What is Conflict?

600

means something different from what the words actually say

ex. break a leg

What is idiom?

600

statement that appears to contradict itself


What is Paradox?

600

a person, object, idea, or action that stands for something else

ex. Black representing evil

What is Symbol?

600

heart of gold

What is Metaphor?

700

author's word choice or style of the speaker: formal, standard, slang; connotative or denotative

ex. abstract

What is Diction?

700

characters, situations, dialogue are very different from how they actually appear

ex. A fire station burns down

What is Irony?

700

a kind of metaphor in which an inanimate object, abstract thing, or non-human animal is described in human terms

ex. The trees were singing in the wind

What is Personification?

700

how the author structures a sentence (this includes punctuation, parallel structure, anaphora etc...)


What is Syntax?

700

The ocean was angry

What is Personification?