Poetic Terms
This term describes the repetition of the same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a line or stanza of poetry.
What is alliteration
This is the central idea or underlying message that a short story conveys.
What is a theme
Name the two major types of conflicts in a story.
What are internal and external conflict?
Who wrote "Introduction to Poetry?"
Who is Billy Collins?
When citing two lines of poetry, how do you show where the line breaks?
What is by using a back slash?
This poetic device occurs when a sentence or phrase runs over from one line of verse into the next without a pause.
What is enjambment?
This term refers to the struggle between opposing forces in a story, often driving the plot forward.
What is conflict?
Name the stages of plot development
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
Who wrote "The Paper Menagerie?"
Who is Ken Liu?
Should poem and short story titles be italicized, underlined, bolded, or placed in quotes?
"It is a million degrees outside" is an example of what poetic device?
What is hyperbole?
This literary device involves a hint or clue about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing
What are the five things that imagery is trying to appeal to?
What are sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell?
Who wrote the poem "This is Just to Say?"
William Carlos Williams
When do you use a block quotation when citing poetry?
What is when citing more than 3 lines of poetry?
This poetic device makes a direct comparison between two unlike things, suggesting they are the same to create vivid imagery.
What is a metaphor?
This is the turning point of a story, often the moment of greatest tension or conflict, where the outcome begins to become clear.
What is the climax?
What are the three different types of rhyme?
Who wrote the story "The Man to Send Rainclouds?"
When citing two lines of poetry, what should come after the quote?
What is (author name & line numbers)?
This is the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry, often measured in feet.
What is meter?
This perspective allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in a story.
What is third-person omniscient?
What are the two types of characterization?
Who wrote the poems "The Lamb" and "The Tyger?"
Who is William Blake?
When citing two lines of poetry that extend from one stanza into the next, how do you distinguish where the stanza breaks?
What is by using a double backslash?