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Writing Style
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Double Whammy
100
A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
What is a fable
100
Free verse
What is a verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern
100
A relatively impersonal composition in prose
What is a formal essay
100
What is this an example of? "A world of unicorns and fairies."
What is fantasy
100
Which definition correctly defines falling action? A:The part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved. B:A related series of incidents in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
A
200
To prevent something
What is foil
200
Formal Language
What is a language designed for use in situations in which natural language is unsuitable, as for example in mathematics, logic, or computer programming. The symbols and formulas of such languages stand in precisely specified syntactic and semantic relations to one another
200
To show or indicate beforehand
What is foreshadowing
200
What is this an example of? "Remember that one time...."
What is flashback
200
Figurative Language BONUS: What is this an example of? "I was running in the halls because I was late for class"
What is language that contains or uses figures of speech, especially metaphors. BONUS: What is first person point of view
300
Agreeable sounds
What is euphony
300
Epic
What is noting or pertaining to a long poetic composition, usually centered upon a hero, in which a series of great achievements or events is narrated in elevated style
300
A fixed metrical arrangement, such as the sonnet or ballade.
What is form
300
What is this an example of? "And this concludes our play for the evening, thank you for coming"
What is epilogue.
300
Define External Conflict BONUS: Define Emotional Appeal
What is the struggle between a person and an outside force BONUS: To appeal to the readers emotions
400
The substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt.
What is euphemism
400
Epigram
What is a short, usually witty statement, graceful in style and ingenious in thought.
400
An easily recognized character type in fiction who may not be fully delineated but is useful in carrying out some narrative purpose of the author.
What is a flat character
400
What is this an example of? "We brought in a second doctor to assess the situation and give a second opinion."
What is expert testimony
400
What device is this the definition of? An article in a newspaper or other periodical presenting the opinion of the publisher BONUS: Define Epiphany
What is editorial BONUS: What is a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.
500
A mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
What is elegy
500
Epitaph
What is a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
500
A type of writing where the purpose is to inform, describe, explain, or define the author's subject to the reader
What is a expository essay
500
What is this an example of? "Bobby Holloway says my imagination is a three-hundred-ring circus. Currently I was in ring two hundred and ninety-nine, with elephants dancing and clowns cartwheeling and tigers leaping through rings of fire. The time had come to step back, leave the main tent, go buy some popcorn and a Coke, bliss out, cool down."
What is extended metaphor
500
Define exposition BONUS: Which device is this the definition of? A light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
What is writing or speech primarily intended to convey information or to explain; a detailed statement or explanation; explanatory treatise BONUS: What is farce