Figurative Language
"The couch groaned as I stood up" is an example.
What is personification?
"i don't know who stole your pen, andrew." Is a sentence that is misusing this.
What is proper capitalisation?
A poem with no strict format to follow.
What is free-verse?
When the narrative of a story switches to tell the reader about the past.
What is "flashback"?
The central character in a narrative.
Who is the protagonist?
What is onomatopoeia?
"Kim was showing us pictures of her baby tomorrow" has this error.
What you would call the end of a "sentence" in poetry.
What is a line-break?
Written conversation between two or more characters.
What is dialogue?
A character based on sterotypes and existing references.
What is a stock character?
"So hungry I could eat a horse" is an example.
What is hyperbole?
A sentence that has three or more independent clauses.
What is a run-on sentence?
You could call this a "paragraph" in poetry.
What is a stanza?
When a story is told using the pronouns "I" and "My"
What is first person narrative POV?
When the outcome of a plot event is aluded to.
What is foreshadowing?
"Biting off more than you can chew" is an example.
What is an idiom?
A sentence that has an incomplete clause.
What is a sentence fragment?
A poem format famously loved by William Shakespeare and contains 14 lines.
What is a sonnet?
When a story is told through an all-knowing narrative voice.
What is third-person omniscient narrative POV?
Two characters who serve as opposites of eachother.
What is a character foil?
"As I walked through the campus gates, an owl landed atop the post" could be an example of this.
What is symbolism?
A sentence that properly joins two independent clauses with a comma.
What is a compound sentence?
An un-cited reference to another widely known source.
What is an allusion?
It is made up of word choice, tone, theme, subject matter, and format.
What is author's voice?
What are the 5 senses?