What is a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th centuries that sought to “purify” the Church of England
100
Personification
What is giving something human-like features.
100
Exposition
What is the background information needed to properly understand the story
100
Foreshadowing
What is the use of clues to suggest events that will happen later in the story.
100
Carpe Diem
"Sieze the day"
200
Romanticism
What is an artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe
200
Rhyme Scheme
What is patterns of rhymes in a poem.
200
Rising Action
What is the basic internal conflict is complicated by the introduction of related secondary conflicts, including various obstacles that frustrate the protagonist's attempt to reach his goal
200
Suspense
What is the anxiety that we feel about what will happen next in a story.
200
Fiction
What is an imagenary, not factional story
300
Naturalism
What is the belief that only natural laws and forces operate in the world
300
Metaphor
What is like a simile, though it doesn't use like or as.
300
Climax
What is turning point, which marks a change, for the better or the worse
300
Irony
What is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
300
Narration
What is the form of discourse that tells about a series of events
400
Realism
What is the belief that reality exists independently of observers
400
Hyperbole
What is an extreme exaggeration
400
Falling Action
What is the conflict between the protagonist and the antagonist unravels
400
Theme
What is the idea about life revealed in a work of literature
400
Ftirst Person
What is it called when one character tells the story, uses words like 'I' and 'We'
500
Harlem Renaissance
What is a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. "New Negro Movement"
500
Alliteration
What is the repetition of the same or similar constonant sounds in words that are close together
500
Resolution
What is the conclusion of the story
500
Protaginist
What is the hero or usually main character of the story