Titles &
First Lines
First Lines
"There was once a poor girl, as beautiful as she was good, who lived with her wicked stepmother in a house in the forest."
"There was Once" by Margaret Atwood
Who wrote "A Christmas Carol"?
Charles Dickens
A direct comparison between unlike things is called what?
Metaphor
A line of verse with five unstressed/stressed syllables in pairs is called?
Iambic pentameter
An arguable and defensible thesis is called a what?
Claim
Commitments that are "easily made and easily broken" are part of the title of this Christina Georgina Rossetti poem.
"Promises Like Pie Crust"
In "The Great Gatsby," what does the green light symbolize?
Wealth and unattainable desires
What is it called when the audience knows more than the characters?
Dramatic irony
A shift in the tone or argument in a poem is called?
Volta
This must follow textual evidence to make a strong paragraph.
Commentary
This type of narrator tells the story in Lydia Davis' "Blind Date."
Unreliable narrator
This literary movement of the late 18th and early 19th century focused on emotion, imagination, and individual freedom.
Romanticism
A recurring element that develops meaning is called what?
Motif
This type of sonnet has an octave and sestet.
Petrarchan sonnet
A logical progression of ideas that support a claim is called what?
Line of Reasoning
"Two households, both alike in dignity,/In fair Verona, where we lay our scene..."
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare
Told through the eyes of a young girl named Scout, this story follows a man falsely accused and convicted in 1930s America.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
A narrative that presents as a story within a story is called what?
This creates meaning through sensory experience.
Imagery
This elevates an essay to sophitication.
A nuanced argument and complex understanding
This novella opens by introducing a negligent farmer who drunkenly forgets to secure his farm, an early signal of the human failure that enables an animal-led revolution.
"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
This odyssey reimagines several Plains Indian legends as the title character develops and transforms.
"Anpao"
Repeating the same word or phrase at the start of lines.
Anaphora
Poetry without a fixed rhythm or rhyme is called.
Free verse
A title that argues, "In literature, the pursuit of power inevitably leads to moral corruption." Explain.
Multiple Options