What a paragraph or selection of text is mostly about.
Main Idea
100
The part of a story where characters and setting are established.
Exposition
100
"Hope is a thing with feathers
that perches in the soul,"
This is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
100
SUSAN: Lynda, I think you’re being a bit harsh. Hi Bery.
This is an example of what dramatic convention?
Dialogue
100
In the myth of Hercules, he heroically saves a village from a ferocious lion.
In this myth, he is portrayed as the—
Protagonist
200
Found in the introduction of an essay, this sentence serves as a guide for how the essay will be organized.
Thesis Statement
200
"Gazing at the school gate, I remembered how, as a child, I would enter that school rather unwillingly and leave it so excitedly. Today, I was here to collect my child who..."
This an example of what literary technique?
Flashback
200
"Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,"
This an example of which literary device.
Simile
200
SUSAN: (sits at the table at the left side of BERYL)
This is an example of what dramatic convention?
Stage Direction
200
Visually descriptive language used in literature.
Imagery
300
How information within a written text is organized (problem-solution, cause & effect, etc...).
Text Structure
300
The main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Plot
300
"Rabbits running so very fast
In the field of green, green grass,"
This is an example of what poetic device?
Alliteration
300
Objects used onstage or on-screen by actors during a performance.
Props
300
The value of heroism
The pain of love
The fight for justice
These are all examples of—
Theme
400
A letter of complaint stating "I know your company will help me fix this problem," is an example of which point of view?
Second Person Point of View
400
"When I was a much younger man, I began to collect material for a book to be called 'The Day the World Ended.'"
This is an example of which narrative point of view?
First Person Point of View.
400
"They stretched in never-ending line / Along the margin of a bay: / Ten thousand saw I at a glance, / Tossing their heads in sprightly dance," is an example of what literary device?
Hyperbole
400
The process by which the playwright reveals the personality of a character. This is typically achieved through the character's actions, words, and appearance.
Characterization
400
"Melissa was as patient as she was kind. No amount of trouble ever phased her, and she never once became angry with any of her less patient clients."
The type of characterization shown here is —
Direct Characterization
500
"A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by nobility. Scholars usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble."
The author's purpose in this selection is to—
Inform
500
“Hansel walked ahead of Gretel; after all, he knew he belonged in the front because Gretel was just a girl. Gretel dropped breadcrumbs behind her as she went, knowing that her bumbling brother couldn't be counted on to find his way home."
This is an example of which narrative Point of View?
Third Person Omniscient.
500
“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference,"
This an example of what literary device?
Tone
500
When one actor speaks independently, clarifying ideas or feelings without the interruption of anyone else. An extension of this is soliloquy, where that actor is alone on stage.
Monologue
500
"When Jeremy's friend Allen got sick, Jeremy hoped he could still go to Allen's house to play his games while he was in the hospital."
The type of characterization shown here is —