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100

Uses “I” (and sometimes “we” if placing themself as part of a group)



What is First Person?

100

"Her eyes were diamonds." What is this literary term? 

What is Metaphor?

100

The English version of hypothesis. 

What is Inference? 

100

The climate or feeling of a literary work.

What is Mood? 

100

A work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the original piece’s style. 



What is Parody?

200

An insight about human life that's revealed in a literary work. 

What is Theme? 

200
Aristotle created three literary elements, that when used in a debate creates a method to a successful argument. Name this literary term.

What is Rhetoric? 

200

"Her eyes were as bright as diamonds." What literary device is this?

What is Simile? 

200

The time and place of a story.

What is setting?

200

Giving an animal or inanimate object human traits.

What is Personification?

300

Credible sources

What is Ethos? 

300

Touching reader’s emotions

What is Pathos?

300

Using logical facts

What is Logos? 

300

The writer’s attitude toward the character, subject, and audience of a story.

What is Tone? 

300

The example "middle school girls" was used for what literary term?

What is Hyperbole? 

400

There are ___ types of irony. 

What is Three? 

400

Statements that imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning.

What is Verbal Irony?

400

A formal word to replace "discussion" in literature. 

What is Dialogue? 

400

A particular way of speaking that is unique to social class or region.

What is Dialect? 

400

A work that ridicules the shortcomings of specific people or institutions as an attempt to bring about change.

What is Satire?

500

Narrator tells the events of the story without knowing any motivations, thoughts, or feelings of the characters.

What is Third-Person Objective? 

500

All knowing; knows ALL characters thoughts and feelings. On the outside looking in. 

What is Third-Person Omniscient?

500

Narrator tells the story from a single character’s perspective. Refers to them by name or they/she/he. Can read their thoughts, but only that one characters. 

What is Third-Person Limited?

500

The words a writer chooses.

What is Diction? 

500

This term's purpose is to make an audible pulse to give a piece of writing a lyrical effect.

What is Alliteration?