Example: “The flames reached for the child hovering in the corner.”
personification
10
The main character of a novel, play, or story.
protagonist
5
Example: The basic ideas of a story in the order that they happened.
plot
10
“I sprang to the stirrup, and Jarvis, and he; I galloped, Derrick galloped, we galloped all three”
repetition
20
The author’s definition of a word or the implied definition of a word
connotation
15
This device is often used to help the reader clearly visualize parts of the story by creating a strong mental picture.
imagery
15
When someone says something but means the opposite (similar to sarcasm).
verbal irony
15
When something happens that's the opposite of what was expected or intended to happen.
situational irony
20
When the audience is aware of the true intentions or outcomes, while the characters are not. As a result, certain actions and/or events take on different meanings for the audience than they do for the characters involved.
dramatic irony
25
the use of an object, figure, event, situation, or other idea in a written work to represent something else—typically a broader message or deeper meaning that differs from its literal meaning.
symbolism
15
a unit of two lines of poetry, especially lines that use the same or similar meter, form a rhyme, or are separated from other lines by a double line break
couplet
25
the exchange of spoken words between two or more characters in a book, play, or other written work. In prose writing, lines of dialogue are typically identified by the use of quotation marks
dialogue
20
the description or explanation of background information within a work of literature.
