Poetry
A 14-lined poem written in iambic pentameter
What is a Sonnet?
Two or more words pronounced alike but with different in meanings
What are Homophones?
A writer's or speaker's choice of words and way of arranging words in sentences
What is Diction?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is the Point of View?
The main text to be evaluated or analyzed
What are Primary Sources?
A type of poetry that does not use a specific structure
What is Free Verse?
The implied meaning of a word beyond its literal definition
What is Connotation?
A minor character in a work of fiction who does not undergo substantial change or growth in the course of a story
What is a Flat Character?
A rhetorical strategy where the argument is made by presenting facts that lead the audience to a specific conclusion (ex. “OnStar service inside your car is better than carrying a cell phone because a cell phone can’t call for you when you’re injured.”)
What is an appeal to Logic (Logos)?
Taking someone else's words or ideas and presenting them as your own
What is Plagiarism?
A poetic structure which is arranged in stanzas and has a repeating, predictable pattern
What is Fixed Form?
The literal meaning of a word
What is Denotation?
A character who provides a striking contrast to another character
What is a Foil?
A rhetorical strategy based on making the morally correct decision (ex. “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
What is an appeal to Ethics (Ethos)?
Works that have been criticized as having value or merit.
What is Literary Merit?
Poetry that tells a story
What is a Narrative Poem?
An indirect reference to somebody or something
What is Allusion?
The attitude a writer takes toward a subject
What is Tone?
A method of persuasion that's designed to create an emotional response (ex. Sarah McLachlan's commercial supporting ASPCA)
What is an appeal to Emotion (Pathos)?
Works that help support a point, outside of the primary text being evaluated...
What are Secondary Sources?
The Odyssey is this type of poem
What is an Epic?
To indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen
What is Foreshadowing?
A literary device in which characters or events in a literary, visual, or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts
What is Allegory?
Language choices and techniques that writers use to communicate perspective and to modify the perspectives of others
What is Rhetoric (Rhetorical Devices)?
Notations taken to help the reader interact with the text
What are Annotations?