Literary Devices
Poetry Terms
Structure
Texts
Quotations
100
From the molten-golden notes.
What is assonance?
100
Units of lines within a poem.
What is a stanza?
100
The lack of end stop punctuation in poetry (from line to line and/or stanza to stanza).
What is enjambment?
100
The five narrators in The Poisonwood Bible.
Who are Orleanna, Rachel, Leah, Adah and Ruth May?
100

“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

What is The Great Gatsby.

200
The sleepy snail slithered slowly home.
What is sibilance?
200
The "narrator" of a poem, in official poetry language.
What is a persona or speaker?
200
A 2-line stanza of poetry.
What is a couplet?
200

The scene where Alfred Ill cannot escape on a train from Gullen in The Visit.

What is the climax?

200

"I brought a coffin with me. I might need it." 

What is The Visit?

300
You are a mountain. You are my rock.
What is a metaphor?
300
A pause or break within a line of poetry.
What is caesura?
300
The beginning of a prose piece; this establishes the basics of setting and characterization.
What is exposition?
300
Who is the antagonist in King Lear?
Who is Edmund?
300
“God doesn’t need to punish us. He just grants us a long enough life to punish ourselves.”
What is The Poisonwood Bible (Leah)?
400
Oh, death, why do you torment me so?
What is an apostrophe?
400
A five-line stanza.
What is a cinquain?
400
The metre of a line of poetry that has 10 "feet" or syllables.
What is pentameter?
400

The most prominent motif in The Great Gatsby to illustrate ideas of wealth. 

What is the colour gold/yellow?

400
“I have to grow up myself… That’s a job I have to do myself.”
What is A Doll's House?
500
The grapes burst inside her mouth, evoking Tuscan sunshine and a melancholy sense of loss.
What is gustatory imagery?
500
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.
What is a villanelle?
500
The fancy name for the resolution of a story.
What is denouement?
500
The name of the newly-elected, and then assassinated, political leader of The Congo in The Poisonwood Bible.
Who is Patrice Lumumba?
500
“Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It’s everyone’s come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet. They are what we call civilization."
What is The Poisonwood Bible (Adah)?
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