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Ocathlon
Ocathlon Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Conflict | the tension or problem in the story; a struggle between opposing forces |
| Foreshadowing | Suggesting |
| Irony | a contrast between what is expected and what actually exists or happens |
| Mood | the feeling that a literary work passes on to readers |
| Plot | the sequence of related events that make up a story |
| 1st person point of view | the narrator is a character in the story who may or may not influence events within it I |
| 3rd person limited point of view | the narrator of the story is an outside observer and only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character. |
| 3rd person omniscient point of view | the narrator is considered to be "all knowing" and can see/hear everything in the story and can tell the reader what each characters are thinking and feeling |
| Point of view | whose perspective the story is viewed through |
| Characterization | the method used by a writer to develop a character. |
| Setting | time and Place in fiction |
| Style | the manner of expression of a particular writer |
| Symbolism | something that on the surface is its literal self but which also has another meaning or even several meanings. |
| Theme | a thought or idea the author presents to the reader about life or human nature; a general message about life |
| Tone | the writer's attitude or feeling about his or her subject |
| Alliteration | the repetition of initial sounds in neighboring words |
| Allusion | a brief reference to a person |
| Assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds |
| Blank verse | any verse comprised of unrhymed lines all in the same meter |
| Consonance | the repetition of consonant sounds |
| Figurative language | any language that goes beyond the literal meaning of words in order to furnish new effects or fresh insights into an idea or a subject. |
| Free verse | form of poetry which refrains from meter patterns |
| Hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used to heighten effect. |
| Imagery | language that evokes one or all of the five senses: seeing |
| Metonymy | substituting a word for another word closely associated with it. |
| Metaphor | a figure of speech which involves an implied comparison between two relatively unlike things using a form of be. |
| Onomatopoeia | the use of words that mimic sounds. |
| Personification | a figure of speech which gives the qualities of a person to an animal |
| Repetition | repeating of a word or phrase |
| Rhyme | pattern of words that contain similar sounds |
| Rhythm | words with uniform recurrence of a beat or accent |
| Rhyme scheme | rhymed words at the ends of lines |
| Simile | a figure of speech which involves a direct comparison between two unlike things |
| Sonnet | a lyric poem of fourteen lines |
| Narrative poetry | a poem that tells a story. |
| Lyrical poetry | a poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. |
| Elegy | a sad and thoughtful poem about the death of an individual. |
| Essay | a short piece of writing which is quite often written from an author's personal point of view. |
| Autobiography | book about the life of a person |
| Biography | a description or account of someone's life and the times |
Created by:
Mrs.Morris
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