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The subject, or topic, of piece of writing
What is theme
How many Billy Goats Gruff cross the bridge?
What is three?
"Like a marriage gone wrong" or "Like a stunned piano" is this literary device.
What is a simile?
A comparison between two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
Strongly influenced by the Yukon landscapes, he is most famous for his wavy lines and bold coloured paintings.
Who is Ted Harrison?
The use of words to express a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
What is irony?
What we learn from our lived experiences
What is wisdom?
Finish the line of the poem: "the thing about truth is/ It can be denied..."
What is "not avoided?"
A metrical form used to create movement, tension, or emotional value.
What is rhythm?
Theodore Roethke's poem about a dance between love and fear
What is "My Papa's Waltz?"
The opposition of persons or forces that give rise to the dramatic action; discord of action
What is conflict?
The reason Kylie was at the lake with her Dad and Will.
What is to catch frogs?
Sam McGee was from here.
What is Plumtree, Tennessee?
Bed, head, fed, are examples of what?
What are words that rhyme?
"criminals/ press sad foreheads to steel bars" is an example of what literary device?
What is consonance?
Something used to represent something else; a symbol
What is a metaphor?
A dance between having a healthy self-esteem and not being arrogant.
What is humility?
"The child who climbed my maple/ with the sureness of a cat,/ trips in his room, cracks/ his skull on the bedpost" is an example of what literary device?
What is disonance?
Poetic measure such as pentameter, and iambic.
What is meter?
Sabrina Benaim explains that this is the cousin of depression.
What is anxiety?
The prevailing emotional tone
What is mood?
In "Horror" what time is it?
What is midnight?
In "Pass On," Michael Lee compares our bodies to these three things.
What are vessels, rooms, circuit boards
A writing constraint using only one vowel.
What is univocalism?
This is the name of the derelict boat in "Sam McGee."
What is the Alice May?