English I Vocabulary

____ is the lesson or moral of a story.

• Tragedy

• Theme

• Allusion

• Metaphor

Themes are bigger than the characters in the story. They can be applied to...

• ...my own life.

• ...adhesive tape.

• ...symbolism.

• ...villains only.

____ is a reference to a person, event, piece of literature or art.

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Soliloquy

• Allusion

____ is a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (jumbo shrimp, etc.).

• Imagery

• Simile

• Oxymoron

• Allusion

_____ is a play on words. For example, "Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily.

• Oxymoron

• Pun

• Aside

• Theme

____ is visually descriptive language.

• Soliloquy

• Pun

• Metaphor

• Imagery

____ is a genre of literature in which the main characters often die.

• Soliloquy

• Tragedy

• Imagery

• Pun

A ____ makes a comparison using "like" or "as."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Imagery

A ____ makes a comparison between two things without using "like" or "as."

• Tragedy

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

A ___ is a speech an actor gives as though talking to themselves. The actor is the only person on the stage.

• Theme

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Pun