- the characteristic of writing that seeks the effect of informal spoken language
What is colloquial?
100
- a phrase that uses the words like or as to describe someone or something
What is simile?
100
- in poetry, the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in nonrhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to discernible
What is assonance?
100
- these characters are vital to the development and resolution of the conflict
What is a major character?
100
a brief or casual reference to a famous person, historical event, place, or work of art
What is allusion?
200
- a figure or speech that employs the use of a party for the whole
What is synecdoche?
200
- the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman
What is personification?
200
- the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession
What is consonance?
200
- a character that changes over time
What is a dynamic character?
200
- an expression of something which is contrary to the intended meaning
What is irony?
300
- a figure of understatement in which an affirmative is exposed by negative of the contrary or opposite
What is litotes?
300
- visually descriptive or figurative language in a literary work
What is imagery?
300
- is the use of harsh sounding, unusual, or impolite words in poetry to create a disturbing effect or to catch the reader's attention by interrupting a smooth flow of words
What is dissonance?
300
- a character that doesn't change over time
What is a static character?
300
- a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person
What is apostrophe?
400
- an extravagant exaggeration of fact, either for serious or comic effect
What is hyperbole?
400
- the formation of a word from a sound associated with what it is named
What is onomatopoeia?
400
- conversation between two or more people
What is dialogue?
400
- a character who has a complex personality, often portrayed as a complicated person
What is a round character?
400
- a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substitute for another which it is closely associated
What is metonymy?
500
- the use of a word or phrase that is less direct
What is euphemism?
500
- a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not a deducible form those of the individuals words
What is idiom?
500
- a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group
What is dialect?
500
- those type of characters that who have become conventional or sterotypical
What is a stock character?
500
- an assertion opposed to common sense; contains an contradiction