comparison between two unlike things in which one becomes another
EX: My love is a rose.
What is metaphor?
100
the use of language or pictures to mock some weakness in individuals or in society or in human nature.
EX: Exaggerated conditions in the imagined future society in "Harrison Bergeron" show us flaws in our own society.
What is satire?
100
the tense or exciting or terrifying moment when emotional involvement is greatest in a story
EX: the hunting of the main character by his host in "The Most Dangerous Game."
What is climax?
100
a series of related events each connected to the next to make a story
What is plot?
100
establishes the setting introducing some of main characters, explaining background, and introducing the characters' main conflict
What is exposition?
200
comparison using like or as
Ex: His hands are cold as ice.
What is simile?
200
use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot.
EX: "If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed" from "Romeo and Juliet."
What is foreshadowing?
200
a struggle between one person and another character or a group of persons
EX: the hunt in "The Most Dangerous Game"
What is conflict?
200
contrast or discrepancy between expectation and reality, what is said or meant, what appears to be true and is really true
EX: when Romeo things Juliet is dead and she is drugged.
What is irony?
200
consists of a series of complications that occur as the main characters take action to resolve their problems
What is rising action?
300
trite phrase that has become overused
Ex: sleep like the dead
a character, group of characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend
EX: Tybalt in "Romeo and Juliet"
What is an antagonist?
300
the opening of the story where the characters and their conflict are usually introduced.
EX: the party in "Romeo and Juliet"
What is basic situation?
300
statement or situation that seems to be a contradiction but reveals a truth
EX: In "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry refers to the impoverished couple as "one of the richest couples on earth."
What is paradox?
300
presents events that result from the action taken at the crisis of the story
What is falling action?
400
playful use of words
Ex: Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?
What is wordplay?
400
an unusually long speech in which a character who is onstage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
EX: "To be or not to be" ~ Shakespeare
What is a soliloquy?
400
the main character takes some action to resolve the conflict of a story
EX: The main character of "The Most Dangerous Game" finds ways to fight back.
What is complication?
400
a writer's or speaker's choice of words essential to a writer's style
What is diction?
400
all knowing point of view
What is omniscient?
500
contradiction that makes sense on a deeper level
Ex: jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
500
line of poetry that contains five iambs (metrical foot, or unit of measure--unstressed syllable, stressed syllable)
EX: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" ~from "Romeo and Juliet"
What is iambic pentameter?
500
resolution of the conflict of a story
EX: Cinderella gets married and lives happily everafter.
What is denouement?
500
a narrative about serious and important actions that end unhappily
EX: "Romeo and Juliet"