Identify the Device!
"This job is a window of opportunity"
What is a metaphor?
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 supporting.
What is a thesis statement?
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?
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?
Some examples include Victor Frankenstein, Hamlet, and Jay Gatsby.
What is a protagonist?
“The noisy city street buzzed with energy, while the park nearby was calm and quiet.”
What is juxtaposition?
Often requires a citation
What is evidence?
The repetition of sound at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration?
In this play, the main character grapples with the death of his father, who was a king
What is Hamlet?
This is often referred to as the meaning or main idea of a work, often centering around abstract topics
What is theme?
"The wind whispered through the trees"
What is personification?
This is the type of work that you would analyze in an FRQ 2
What is a short story/prose?
This poetic device refers to the alternating unstressed and stressed syllables in a line of poetry. Each set of two syllables is called a "foot."
What is iambic meter?
This novel was written in the 1940s by an author that was often critical of authoritarian governments
What is 1984 OR Animal Farm?
West Egg, Geneva, and Denmark, just to name a few
What is setting?
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
One example - "Illuminating the student’s interpretation by situating it within a broader context"
What is sophistication?
From "Science" - "today, the dusky seaside sparrow / went extinct" - a structural device
What is enjambment?
The title character of this book is not the main narrator; however, he is a "close friend"
What is The Great Gatsby?
"Can I trust what the speaker is saying here?" is a question you might ask regarding this element
What is an unreliable narrator?
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills…”
What is anaphora OR repetition OR parallelism?
You scored most of the points on your evidence and commentary, but you got no points for your thesis or sophistication. This would be your score
What is 3?
"The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains"
What is assonance?
This American novel is narrated by a child
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
In this structural element, the story begins in the middle of the action
What is in media res?