A contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens.
What is Irony?
100
A word formed from the initial letter or letters of a set of words.
What is an Acronym?
100
Choice of words when speaking or writing.
What is Diction?
100
Characters who are defined by a single trait are known as this.
What is a Stereotype?
100
A propaganda technique based on quotations or endorsements from famous people, in or out of context, that attempts to connect a famous or respectable person with a product or item.
What is a Testimonial?
200
The feeling a literary work gives the reader.
What is Mood?
200
Consists of descriptive words and phrases that re-create sensory experiences for the reader.
What is Imagery?
200
Using a person, a place, an object, or an activity to stand for something beyond itself, an object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
What is Symbolism?
200
A literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.
What is a Parody?
200
Point-by-point comparison between two things that are alike in some respect.
What is an Analogy?
300
The writer’s attitude toward the subject and audience.
What is Tone?
300
Involves a character who struggles against a force outside him or herself, such as nature, a physical obstacle, society, or another character.
What is External Conflict?
300
Exaggeration or overstatement of a true statement. It is usually exaggerated for emphasis or humorous effect.
What is Hyperbole?
300
A general conclusion drawn from information that is given.
What is an Inference?
300
The way a writer creates and develops characters.
What is Characterization?
400
A figure of speech in which a statement appears to contradict itself.
What is a Paradox?
400
Verse without formal meter or rhyme patterns.
What is Free Verse?
400
A very short story, usually with talking animals and has a moral.
What is a Fable?
400
A type of literature in which words are carefully chosen and arranged in a precise way to create certain sounds, meanings and effects.
What is Poetry?
400
A story based on something that might have once been real, but has since become exaggerated beyond the realm of nonfiction.
What is a Legend?
500
A brief reference to a well-known person, place, event or literary work.
What is an Allusion?
500
Language that communicates meanings beyond the literal meanings of words.
What is Figurative Language?
500
Is the regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables that make up a line of poetry. This gives rhythm and regularity to poetry.
What is Meter?
500
A line or phrase that recurs throughout a poem - especially at the end of stanzas.
What is a Refrain?
500
The grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence.