English I EOC Vocabulary

What is a word or phrase used in place of a person's name to help characterize them?

What type of poetry is a long narrative poem about the adventures of an almost superhuman?

Which type of POV is told from the perspective of someone outside the story but knows ALL?

The repetition of sounds at the end of words.

What is the repetition of phrases that have similar grammatical patterns?

What is the perspective from which a story is told?

Which type of POV presents thought as if they were coming straight from a character's mind?

A poem that tells a story.

Which word means two words used together that contradict each other, like icy hot?

Which word means the used of words to imitate sounds, like BUZZ.

A recurring and familiar pattern in literature, like a journey or a wise old man.

What is a poem which tells a story from the past, sometimes to music?

Which type of POV is told by someone outside of story, but only reveals one person's thoughts?

A metered pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables used in poetry.

What do we call a statement that seems to be contradictory but actually presents a truth?

What is the opening lines of a drama that give background information?

What are fictional stories that center upon scientific elements?

Which word means an extreme exaggeration?

What type of fiction is centered upon some significant historical events?

What is the use of clues that suggest events yet to come?

A story that involves the reader guessing who committed the crime.

What is an anecdote?

What is the part of the story that explains the background info and makes the conflict clear?

A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.

The way the author reveals his characters, either directly or indirectly.

What is the central truth or idea of the story called?

The action that takes place after the climax and resolves the conflict.

What does POV stand for?

Which word means a word or phrase that is overused, like "I slept like a log."

What is the writer's attitude towards the subject called?

A word meaning type or form. (French)

Which word means the ordinary form of written language?

A type of story that portrays the fall of a noble person due to a tragic weakness.

A Japanese form of poetry that is 3 lines, and 5-7-5 syllables.

A poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker.

A comparison NOT using like or as.

Which word means the emotions or feelings a word arouses?

What do we call the author's unique way of writing that involves word choice and patterns?

Poetry that is not written with a regular pattern of rhythm and rhyme?

What word means the internal repetition of a vowel sound?

What is the time and place of a literary work?

Which type of POV is when a play in which all events are told in dialogue?

What is it called when a character gets what he/she deserves?

A character whose actions are inspiring or noble, and who overcomes difficulties.

What is the main conflict or complication of the story called?

When a character goes back to an earlier time.

What is the repetition of the beginning consonant sound?

What is the giving of human characteristics to non-human things?

Rhyming words that appear at the end of two or more lines of poetry.

What is the false or assumed name of the author called?

The high point of the story, point of most interest.

What do we call something that stands for something unseen?

The regularly repeated group of lines in a poem or song.

What is writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally?

What is it called when a character in a play speaks to the audience?

The main character of the story who drives the plot.

Which type of POV is told from the perspective of one character in the story, "I" is used?

A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes.

What is the sequence of events in a literary work?

Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events.

What is the conversation carried on by the characters in the story?

What is a reference to something outside of the work, usually mythical, Biblical or historical?

What is a 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter?

Which type of POV is designated by the pronoun "you" and does not exist in storytelling?

What is a unit or group of lines in poetry, separated by spaces?

What is it called when words describe sights, sounds, and recreates a sensory experience?

What word means the literal or dictionary definition of the word?

A story written about a person written by that person.

What is a speech given by a character when he is alone?

What is prose that explains ideas or is about real people, places or events?

What word means saying one thing but actually meaning the opposite?

A play on words when a word has more than one meaning.

What is a highly imaginative writing that contains elements not found in real life?

Which word means a story written about another person's life?

What is the antagonist of the story?