Literary Terms
Often used in prose and poetry, this literary term is the repetition of a word or words at the beginning of a clause or line; causing a sonic effect.
Anaphora
A word, name, or expression used as a substitute for something else with which it is closely associated.
Metonym
This author was a nurse during the Civil War
Walt Whitman
Who spoke at JFK’s Inauguration?
Robert Frost
What are Dr. Gilmore’s office hours?
Monday 12:15 - 2
Wednesday 12:15 - 1
Tuesday's & Thursday's 10:45-12
In poetry, the running over of a sentence from one line to the next without any punctuation; forcing reader to keep reading down the poem to build a dramatic effect.
Enjambment/Enjambed Lines
What is the literary device that refers to a personified object or a person who isn't present
Apostrophe
“It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—”
Is from the poem “We Wear the Mask,” written by which famous author?
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Who spoke at Biden’s Inauguration?
Amanda Gorman
Where is Dr. Gilmore’s office located?
Willard Hall 413-13
This form, often being about love or poetic mastery, is typically written in iambic pentameter, which contains fourteen-lines, and was author Claude Mckay’s favorite poetic form.
Sonnet
A type of storyteller that recounts events from their own point of view
First-Person Narrator
This author didn’t title their poems
Emily Dickinson
Who spoke at Obama’s first Inauguration?
Elizabeth Alexander
When is the make up date and time for groups presentations?
May 11th 10:30 am- 12:30 pm
Coined and frequently used by Ernest Hemingway, this theory on this style of writing implies that less is more in writing; the writer can omit certain things that they know the reader will still be able to feel.
Theory of Omission / The Iceberg Theory
A cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politics centered in Harlem and Manhattan, New York City throughout the 1920s and 1930s
Harlem Renaissance
Two of this authors’ stories include “Impression of an Indian Childhood,” and “School Days of an Indian Girl.”
Zitkala-Sa
Who spoke at Obama’s second Inauguration?
Richard Blanco
Where did Dr.Gilmore spend her summers swimming as a kid?
Walden Pond, MA