Repetition of the same or very similar consonant sounds, This is usually at the beginning of words that are close together in a poem. For example, "sam saw susie"
What is alliteration?
100
A character who changes as a result of the story's events.
What is dynamic character?
100
A figure of speech that combines contradictory terms or ideas. For example, "cruel kindness"
What is oxymoron?
100
This song lyric by Lauryn Hill is an example of this:
"Loving you is like a battle."
`~"Ex-factor"
What is a simile?
100
Certain style of speaking or writing.
What is diction?
200
A very, very brief story, usually told to make a point.
What is an anecdote?
200
A character who does not change much in the course of the story
What is static character?
200
Psychologically inspired to do something
What is motivation?
200
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery?
200
A story's atmosphere or the feeling it evokes.
What is mood?
300
Reference to a statement, a person, a place, or an event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture.
What is allusion?
300
Two types of characters in a story: one type of character is not fully developed but useful to carry out the story's purpose. The other type of character is more fully developed.
What is flat/round character?
300
An individual item; to explain with particular attention to an idea.
What is detail?
300
Person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
What is symbol?
300
Informal words or expressions that are not considered formal but are acceptable socially.
What is slang? (or Idioms/ebonics)
400
The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form. It is also known as a prototype.
What is archetype?
400
Character who is used as a contrast to another character.
What is foil?
400
A part represents the whole.
What is synecdoche?
400
"The teapot sang as the water boiled
The ice cubes cackled in their glass
the teacups chattered to one another."
~"Dinnertime Chorus" by Sharon Hendricks
What is personification?
400
Words that imitate the sound they make
What is onomatopoeia?
500
An address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea.
What is apostrophe?
500
The use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in a plot.
What is foreshadowing?
500
Dictionary definition of a word; literal meaning.
What is denotation?
500
Attitude a writer takes toward a subject, a character, or the audience.
What is tone?
500
Play on the multiple meanings of a word or on two words that sound alike but have different meanings.