literary technique that involves the differences between appearance and reality, expectation or results, or meaning and intention; a twist...one thing is expected and something else happens.
What is irony?
100
What is figurative meaning?
expressive non-literal use of language for special effects, usually through imagery/images (Ex: It's raining cats and dogs)
100
The __________ is the main character in the story.
What is the protagonist of a story?
100
Give an example of a simile.
Answers will vary but the example has to have like or as in it.
100
What is a simile?
a comparison between two dissimilar things using like or as.
200
a form or type of literary piece (Ex: novel, poem, fiction, nonfiction, etc.)
What is a genre?
200
What is mood?
the feeling and emotional quality, the atmosphere a piece of writing creates
200
The _________ is time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
200
Give an example of a metaphor.
Answers will vary but the answer can not have like or as in it.
200
What is a metaphor?
a comparison between two dissimilar things not using like or as.
300
vivid personality
What is characterization?
300
What is a flashback?
a return to a past event
300
A ______ ________ is a complete or real person with many human qualities.
What is a round character?
300
Give an example of an onomatopoeia.
Answers will vary but the answer has to make us hear the word.
300
What is an onomatopoeia?
words that are sounds or have sounds that a reader can "hear".
400
a moment of enlightenment or understanding a "light bulb moment"
What is an epiphany?
400
What is imagery?
using language to create vivid, clear word pictures that appeal to the senses
400
A _____ ________ is a character who does change in personality or values.
What is a dynamic character?
400
Give an example of an allegory.
Ex: "Terrible Things" etc.
400
What is an allegory?
a piece of writing in which people, events, and objects represent or stand for something else.
500
reader's tension, as he/she is unsure of future events
What is suspense?
500
What is tone?
the attitude the author has toward his or her topics (voice)
500
A ______ is a regional or social speaking voice such as howdy.
What is a dialect?
500
Give an example of an hyperbole.
Answers will vary but it has to be a severe exaggeration.