Where the Crawdads Sing
Poetic Terms
Figurative Language
Vocabulary
Who said it?
100

What do the people of Barclay Cove call Kya?

Marsh girl
100

When lines of poetry almost rhyme: seen and been 

What is slant rhyme?

100

An extended metaphor

What is a conceit?

100

A loud, unpleasant, prolonged noise

3 letters...D

What is din?

100

“Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.”

Who is Polonius?

200

What word does Kya mess up in school that makes her feel ashamed leading her to drop out and never return?

Dog/God

200

A six line stanza

What is a sestet?

200

When inanimate objects or animals take on human form

What is anthropomorphism?

200

To go back and forth on, waver

9 letters...V

What is vacillate?

200

"There's a way to be good again."

Who is Rahim Khan?
300

What gift does Kya give to Chase that he keeps until the day he dies?

The scallop shell necklace.

300

A line that drips to the next sentence with no punctuation 

What is enjambment?

300

When a speaker addresses an object or person who is not expected or is unable to respond.

What is apostrophe?

300

A person making a humble plea of someone in power.

9 letters...S

What is a suppliant?

300

“All morons hate it when you call them a moron.”

Who is Holden Caulfield?

400

How does Tate win Kya's trust before he becomes her friend?

He leaves feathers in a tree stump for her.
400

A 19-line poem with a refrain that runs throughout is called...

What is a villanelle?
400

A story with 2 levels of meaning.

What is allegory?

400

To behave in a way that fails to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate.

12 letters...P

What is presumptuous?

400

"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing."

Who is Mama? 

500

What do the sheriff and deputy find as a major clue that ties Kya to the murder of Chase Andrews?

red wool fibers on his jacket that match a hat they find in her shack

500

A line of poetry that is 4 syllables long and goes from stressed to unstressed is called....

What is trochaic dimeter?

500

I am not unhappy that I just won a million dollars! This is an example of which literary technique?

What is litotes or understatement?

500

to conceal the true nature or state of...

 9 letters...D

What is dissemble?

500

“Oh my offence is rank, it smells to heaven“

Who is Claudius?

M
e
n
u