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Definitions
100
When the opposite occurs of what is expected.
Irony
100
Give an example of dramatic irony
Ex: In a scary movie, the character walks into a house and the audience knows the killer is in the house.
100
A description that is not literal and does not use "like" or "as"
Metaphor
100
Hunger Games arena
Setting
100
The comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship.
Analogy
200
A phrase that has the same first letter
Alliteration
200
Give an example of a simile
Ex: Megan is like an angel singing in the sky.
200
The use of words to evoke sensory impressions that are beyond the words themselves.
Imagery
200
Memory of when you were a baby
Flashback
200
A person in a story or movie that is the hero.
Protagonist
300
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in a plot.
Foreshadowing
300
Give an example of hyperbole
He's so slow, a turtle could beat him at a race.
300
A funny event that happens to try and ease up tension.
Comic relief
300
"Hey, do you have any plans this weekend?"
Dialect
300
Giving inanimate objects human quality.
Personification
400
The writer's attitude toward a subject.
Tone
400
Give an example of onomatopoeia
Buzz, boom, crash
400
A minor plot that relates in some way to the main story.
Subplot
400
Jumbo shrimp
Oxymoron
400
The point in a story that creates the greatest suspense or interest.
Climax
500
A balance with on or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses.
Parallelism
500
Give an example of a resolution
Ex: Superhero saves the world
500
The narrator knows the thought and feelings of the characters.
3rd person omniscient
500
Hold your tongue (Don't speak)
Idiom
500
A narrative that serves as an extended metaphor.
Allegory