| Styles of Writing and Writing Techniques... | Styles of Writing and Writing Techniques (cont'd)... | Parts of a Story or Play | Literary Formats | Figurative Language and Poetry |
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100Alliteration
The repetition of the same/similar consonant sounds in words close together.
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100What is an essay?
A short piece of nonfiction prose where the writer discusses some aspect of a particular subject.
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100What is conflict?
The struggle between opposing forces or characters in a story.
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100What is a fable?
A very short story of prose or poetry that teaches a practical lesson about how to succeed in life.
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100What is a sonnet?
A fourteen line poem that is usually written in iambic pentameter.
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200What is foreshadowing?
A series of hints and clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot.
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200What is the antagonist?
The character that is in direct oppostion to the main charcter; often described as the villian.
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200What is a protagonist?
The central or main character in a story usually pitted against an outside force.
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200What is personification?
The act of giving human characteristics to something that is not human.
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200What is a metaphor?
A comparison without using the words like or as.
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300What is anthropomorphism?
When animals or inanimate objects are given human characteristics.
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300What is a symbol?
Something that stands for or represents something else. Sometimes the thing that it represents is greater than itself.
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300What is expostion, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution or conclusion.
The five parts of a plot diagram
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300What is an allegory?
A story or poem in which characters, settings, and events stand for other people, events, abstract ideas, or qualities.
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300What is an oxymoron?
A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms.
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400What is assonance?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds
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400What is an analogy?
A comparison made between two things to show how they are alike.
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400What is a foil?
A character who acts in contrast to another character. (Basically, they are opposites)
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400What is a parable?
A relatively short story that teaches a moral or lesson about how to lead a good life. What is a parable?
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400What is a simile?
A figure of speech that makes explicit comparison between two unlike things using the words like or as.
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500What is a tragedy?
This type of play end unfavorably usually with the death of some of the major characters.
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500What is irony?
When the opposite occurs from what is expected
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500What is the climax?
The major turning point in a story when the reader's interest is the most high.
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500What is a soliloquy?
A long speech made by a character in a play when no other characters are on stage. It is used to provide the audience/reader with the feelings of that specific character.
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500What is a haiku poem?
A Japanese poetic form consisting of three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
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