The repetition of initial consonant sounds in a group of words.
What is alliteration
100
A direct comparison.
What is a metaphor.
100
The time and place and circumstances in which a story occurs.
What is setting.
100
The main character in a piece of writing.
What is protagonist.
100
A group of verse lines in a poem, set off by blank spaces on the printed page.
What is stanza.
200
Words that sound like what they are describing.
What is onomatopoeia
200
Giving non-human things human traits or characteristics.
What is personification.
200
The central underlying insight into life presented by the author through the events in the story or poem.
What is theme.
200
The person or force that opposes a main character in a piece of writing.
What is antagonist.
200
When the audience has information that characters in the story do not.
What is dramatic irony.
300
A play on words.
What is a pun
300
The emotional response or feeling created by a literary work.
What is mood.
300
A point of view in which the narrator has a "God-like" overview or perspective on characters and events. In this point of view the narrator can see into the minds of many characters to reveal their thoughts and emotions.
What is omniscient.
300
A character that undergoes a profound and permanent change during the course of the story.
What is dynamic.
300
Writing that uses figures of speech, as opposed to literal language, such as metaphor, irony, personification, and simile.
What is figurative language.
400
A person, act, or thing, that has both literal significance and additional abstract meanings. Something that has taken on a meaning beyond what it literally is.
What is a symbol
400
A direct or indirect reference to a well-known fictional, mythological, or historical, person, place or event, outside the story that the author assumes you know.
What is allusion.
400
A narrative technique that relates to events or remembrances from a previous time.
What is flashback.
400
A character with traits parallel to the protagonist who faces a similar conflict. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for the reader to compare and contrast the two characters.
What is a foil.
400
The literal meaning of a word.
What is denotation.
500
When a character says the opposite of what they mean.
What is verbal irony.
500
A work of literature that pokes fun at ideas, institutions or individuals. Although this literary device might ridicule or criticize its subject, its ultimate purpose is to bring about improvement by calling attention-either directly or indirectly-to higher standards of human behaviour.
What is satire.
500
A word or phrase used in everyday conversation and informal writing. Often gives clues as to the location and time period of writing, as well as character education.
What is colloquialism.
500
The author reveals character personality through actions, other character's reactions, dialogue, the reader must infer what the character is like.
What is indirect characterization.
500
The way the author presents a subject, this is heavily influenced by word choice and connotation.