What is the center of interest or attention; in writing, the central idea?
Focus
100
What is the quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged so a reader can follow the progression from one idea to the next?
Coherence
100
What is narration in which the point of view is that of someone outside the story who refers to all characters by name or as "he," "she" and "they?"
Third Person Narration
100
What is a figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself?
Paradox
100
What is the choice of words when speaking or writing?
Diction
200
What is a novel, short story, play, or film whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains unsettled until the very end?
Mystery
200
What is one or two words in a language that have similar meanings?
Synonym
200
What is a word opposite in meaning to another word? Ex: good and bad
Antonym
200
What is the transition from childhood to adulthood called? This refers to the process of growing up or entering into adulthood. It can also refer to subject matter related to that same phase.
Coming-of-Age
200
What is a brief narrative of an interesting, unusual or biographical event often used to illustrate a point?
Anecdote
300
What is the term you use when you make an assertion about something assumed but not positively known?
Hypothesize
300
What is an expression whose overall meaning differs from the meaning of the individual words?
Ex: The flu left me feeling under the weather
Idiom
300
What is a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule?
Parody
300
What is a verb form that ends in –ing and is used as a noun? (ex: reading is fun).
Gerund
300
What is the term that you use when an actor speaks to the side - as though he was talking to himself. The other actors on stage ignore the speaker, as though they can't hear him?
Aside
400
What is the close repetition of middle vowel sounds?
Assonance
400
What is the quality of a piece of writing in which the ideas are clearly arranged so a reader can follow the progression from one idea to the next?
Coherence
400
What is a spoken or written composition, intending to set forth or explain?
Expository
400
What is a propaganda technique based on quotations or endorsements from famous people, in or out of context, that attempts to connect a famous or respectable person with a product or item?
Testimonial
400
What is a mapping technique using overlapping circles showing features either unique or common to two or more concepts?
Venn Diagram
500
What is an exaggeration or overstatement; the statement is usually exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect?
Hyperbole
500
What is the attitudes and feelings associated with a word as opposed to a word’s literal meaning?
Connotation
500
What is a particular tendency or inclination, a prejudice?
Bias
500
What is an extended speech in a drama or a narrative that is presented by one character?
Monologue
500
What is a story that contains characters and events that could not exist in real life and have no basis in science?