the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
100
repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together
What is alliteration?
100
" O that this too too sullied flesh would melt."
Who is Hamlet?
100
a basic comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight.
What is metaphor?
200
a combination of sounds that produces a harsh or discordant effect.
What is cacophony?
200
the author's choice of words based on their exact or connotative meaning for effect.
What is diction?
200
reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to
something (usually from literature, etc.).
What is an allusion?
200
"I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel."
Who is the Monster?
200
a figure of speech that combines oppositie or contradictory terms in a brief phrase: jumbo shrimp, pretty ugly, bitter sweet
What is an oxymoron?
300
poetry that does not conform to a regular meter or rhyme scheme
What is free verse?
300
what a word suggests beyond its denotative (precise or dictionary) meaning, including social or emotional connections. The emotional associations of a word.
What is connotation?
300
Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike
What is analogy?
300
"We killed him openly, but we're innocent."
"Before God and before men, it was a matter of honor."
Who are the Vicario Brothers?
300
a figure of speech in which some significant aspect of an experience is used to represent the whole experience.
What is metonymy?
400
the speaker calling out to an imaginary, dead or absent person, or to a place or thing, that cannot answer.
What is apostrophe?
400
brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual
What is an anecdote?
400
the repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds especially in words that are together.
What is assonance?
400
Frieda and she had a long conversation about how cu-ute Shirley Temple was. I couldn't join them in their adoration because I hated Shirley
Who is Claudia?
400
an elaborate, intellectually ingenious metaphor that shows the poet's realm of knowledge; it may be brief or extended.
What is a conceit?
500
represented by a two syllable foot that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is iambic meter?
500
a quotation or aphorism at the beginning of a literary work suggestive of a theme. Example: "Love is like falconry" -- Gil Vincente
What is epigraph?
500
Repetition of a word, phrase, or clause at the beginning of two or more sentences in a row. This is a deliberate form of repetition and helps make the writer’s
point more coherent.
What is anaphora?
500
All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
500
a figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts or attitudes