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Terms
Terms
Terms
Terms
Terms
100
Language that appeals to any sense or any combination of the senses.
What is imagery
100
A contrast between what is said and what is meant
What is verbal irony
100
A figure of speech in which an animal, object, natural force, or idea is given a personality and described as a human.
What is personification?
100
The point of greatest emotional intensity, interest, or suspense in a narrative.
What is climax?
100
Language that is NOT intended to be interpreted in a literal sense.
What is figurative language?
200
A figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory terms
What is oxymoron?
200
The humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time.
What is pun?
200
A struggle (between two opposing forces or characters)
What is conflict?
200
Comparison between two unlike things with the intent of giving added meaning to one of them.
What is metaphor?
200
Literary technique that portrays differences between appearances and reality.
What is irony?
300
The main character in a play or story.
What is protagonist?
300
A speech in which a character is ALONE on stage and expresses thoughts out loud.
What is soliloquy?
300
A writer's choice of words for clarity, effectiveness, and precision.
What is diction?
300
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is couplet?
300
A character who sets off another character by contrast.
What is foil?
400
A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes.
What is sonnet?
400
Words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone and not intended.
What is aside?
400
A reference in one work of literature to a person, place, or event in another work of literature or in history, art, or music.
What is allusion?
400
The personality a character displays; also, the means by which the author reveals that personality.
What is characterization?
400
The central idea of a work of literature.
What is theme?
500
A descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something.
What is epithet?
500
The character or force that works against the protagonist, introduces the conflict.
What is antagonist?
500
The structure of a play.
What is dramatic structure?
500
Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is iambic meter?
500
A contrast between what the audience perceives and what a character does NOT know.
What is dramatic irony?