How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire,
leave the battle field waving Betsy Ross' flag higher?
(the 2 lines rhyme)
couplet
100
The part of the story where setting, characters, and background information is established.
Exposition
100
A category of literature or film.
Genre
100
A feeling or emotional state that a piece of literature creates in the reader such as comedic, suspenseful, tragic, joyous, etc.
Mood
100
Constantly confusin' confounding the British Henchmen,...
Alliteration
200
From the Greek word for ladder, it is the moment in a story when the conflict or crisis reaches its point of greatest intensity and is usually the turning point in the story's action.
Climax
200
The strict definition of a word as found in a dictionary regardless of its emotional connotation.
Denotation
200
Exaggeration or overstatement
Hyperbole
200
The part of the story where conflict starts and escalates. These parts are necessary to bring about the climax.
Rising Action
200
Sydney Carton makes an appointment at the genius bar at the Apple store.
anachronism
300
Horatio looks at the audience and says, "This Hamlet is a wimp."
Aside
300
The “extra” meaning a word carries beyond its strict dictionary meaning. For example, “home” means the same as “house” but “home” also carries the meaning that certain qualities and personal possessions are also implied.
Connotation
300
Washington, founding father...Katniss, girl on Fire, Catherine the Great
epithet
300
The kid in the play is happily playing in the field while we, the audience, know that his father has been killed in the war.
irony (dramatic)
300
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: The way an author conveys his/her attitude about particular characters and subject matter. In poetry, it is called “voice.” It is the feeling the author brings to the piece or the attitude the author takes (towards the subject, audience, or character[s].
Tone
400
Devices we "go along with" though they are unrealistic
Conventions
400
A round character who changes or evolves over the course of the story. (Sydney Carton)
Dynamic Character
400
Mental pictures that a reader experiences with a passage of literature.
Imagery
400
Student: Have you ever heard of that movie "The Princess Bride?"
me: "No, never."
verbal irony
400
Sherlock Holmes & Watson, Josh & Trey, Jesus & satan
foil
500
A reference to something famous to make a point. For example, if your teacher calls your class a horde of Mongols, students would have no idea if they were being praised or reprimanded unless they know what the Mongol horde was.
Allusion
500
NAME THE LITERARY TERM: In many medieval literature pieces, a raven, a wolf, eagle or vulture appear and because these creatures scavenge bodies of fallen warriors, they allow the reader to predict a battle is about to begin.
Foreshadowing
500
A minor character in a work of fiction who the reader knows little about; the reader is not aware of any changes they made.
Flat Character
500
Poetry that expresses a speaker's personal thoughts or feelings