ELA Terms

4. The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
5. Placing two or more ideas, characters, or places side by side with the purpose of comparing or contrasting them.
10. A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g., "jumbo shrimp").
14. An author's use of hints or clues to suggest what will happen later in the story.
15. The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
17. A story with a hidden meaning, often a moral or political one.
18. An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.
19. Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.
20. The central topic, subject, or message within a narrative.

1. A moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.
2. A 14 line poem used to discuss one's thoughts on a concept (love)
3. The process by which a writer reveals the personality of a character.
6. The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
7. A conversation between two or more characters in a play or other work.
8. A recurring element, subject, or idea that has symbolic significance in a story.
9. The leading character or one of the major characters in a drama, movie, novel, or other fictional text.
11. A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable (e.g., "the world is a stage").
12. A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., "as brave as a lion").
13. (including dramatic irony) The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. In dramatic irony, the audience knows something the characters don't.
16. A brief, indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance.
17. A person who actively opposes or is hostile to the protagonist.