These devices are LIT
What is the term for exaggeration used for emphasis or effect?
Hyperbole
What is the difference between free verse and blank verse?
Free verse has no set rhyme or meter, while blank verse has no rhyme but uses iambic pentameter
This word describes someone who acts boldly and shamelessly, often without regard for rules or shame.
Brazen
In Hamlet, what country is young Fortinbras from?
Norway
What is the tone of this excerpt?
"All the bright company of heaven shone around, and the air itself was filled with a kind of warmth and light."
Joyful, hopeful, peaceful
What literary device refers to when an object stands for an idea beyond itself?
Symbolism
What do you call the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line?
Enjambment
This is a small tomb or burial chamber, often carved into stone.
Sepulcher
In A Streetcar Named Desire, what is Blanche’s tragic flaw?
Her dependence on illusions/lies
What tone is suggested in this Frankenstein excerpt?
"I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed."
Bitter, reserntful, vengeful
What is it called when the setting, events, or dialogue hint at what will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
What is the specific pattern of beats or stresses in a line of poetry called?
Meter
This term describes the position of hands on hips, often suggesting confidence or sass.
Akimbo
What is the significance of the following quote from Ceremony?
"You don’t have anything if you don’t have the stories."
It demonsrates how stories help us understand ourselves and the world around us, in addition to preserving culture.
What mood is evoked by this from Ceremony?
"The drought had lasted for years; dust clouds swallowed the horizon and the cracked earth seemed to sigh under the weight of silence."
Oppressive, Hopeless
What is the literary device where the outcome is opposite of what was expected?
Irony (specifically situational irony)
What is a sonnet called that is structured with three quatrains and a rhymed couplet?
An adjective for something lacking intelligence, meaning, or substance—completely empty-headed.
Vacuous
In Frankenstein, what is the creature’s ultimate demand of Victor, and what does this allude to?
Victor promises to make the creature a companion (the bride), alluding to the story of Genesis.
What tone is shown in this excerpt from A Streetcar Named Desire?
"I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people."
Desparate, delusional
What is it called when a reader can't fully trust the person telling the story? Give an example.
Unreliable narrator; Frankenstein
What is a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost called?
Elegy
Describes something unstoppable, relentless, or impossible to persuade.
Inexorable
In Hamlet, what does Hamlet contemplate during the "To be or not to be" soliloquy?
The nature of life and death
What is the tone conveyed in the following quote from "The Hollow Men"?
“This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.”
Ominous, melancholic, bleak, ironic