Comparative Language
Free Response Questions
Poetic Devices
Novel Identification
Literary Elements
100

This type of figurative language is used to compare two things by saying that one "is" the other

What is a metaphor?

100

This part of an FRQ is worth one point and is typically found near the beginning of your response. It is the main claim that the rest of your response will focus on developing.

What is a thesis statement?

100

This type of poem consists of 14 lines and is usually about love. There are two main subcategories that fall under this type, and they differ based on structure and rhyme scheme.

What is a sonnet?

100

This novel utilizes a frame narrative, which creates narrative distance. It is also regarded as one of the founding science-fiction novels.

What is Frankenstein?

100

Some examples include Victor Frankenstein, Hamlet, and Jay Gatsby.

What is a protagonist?

200

This type of figurative language places two things close together in order to emphasize their differences.

What is juxtaposition?

300

This poetic device refers to the alternating stress and unstress of syllables in a line of poetry. Each set of two syllables is called a "foot."

What is iambic meter?

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