Poetry
A pair of rhyming lines
What is a couplet?
The author tells us directly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
Someone says one thing but means another.
What is verbal irony?
Exaggerated figure of speech
What is hyperbole?
The shift or "turn" in a traditional sonnet
What is the volta?
A character struggles within himself.
What is internal conflict?
POW ZAP BANG
What is onomatopoeia?
Emotional release at the end of a play or other literary work
What is catharsis?
Banquo to Macbeth
What is a foil?
4 lines of poetry
What is a quatrain?
Man vs. man, man vs. nature
What is external conflict?
Jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
A work that uses humor to point out flaws in society.
What is satire?
A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred to by something closely associated with it. Ex. "We requested the crown support for petition."
What is metonymy?
"I hear America singing"
What is personification?
A character that has only one or two personality traits.
What is a flat character?
"Gonna" used in everyday language.
What is colloquialism?
Address to an imaginary or absent person or object
What is an apostrophe?
An imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives
What is dystopia?
The pattern of syllables in an iamb
What is unstressed, stressed?
A character that changes in some important way.
What is a dynamic character?
The repetition of vowel sounds
What is assonance?
A reference to history, mythology, or another piece of literature
What is an allusion?
Long speech delivered by someone who is alone on stage
What is a soliloquy?