Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Poetry
Literary Devices
Hedgehog
100
a figure of speech whereby the author refers to a subject matter such as a place, event, or literary work by way of a passing reference.
What is an Allusion?
100
another character in a story who contrasts with the main character.
What is Foil?
100
one unit or group of lines, which forms one particular faction in poetry.
What is a Stanza?
100
Denotation refers to the use of the dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word.
What is Denotation?
100
name the novels we have read as a class, and we can use on the AP test.
What is The Scarlet Letter, Grendel, Frankenstein, Hard Times, The Stranger?
200
using conjunctions or connecting words frequently in a sentence, placed very close to one another.
What is Polysyndeton?
200
when the writer employs two sentences of contrasting meanings in close proximity to one another.
What is Antithesis?
200
a dramatic pause, which has a strong impact.
What is a Caesura?
200
a practice in literature whereby the author purposely leaves out conjunctions in the sentence
What is Asyndeton?
200
the act of lending a human quality, emotion or ambition to a non-human object or being.
What is Antropomorphism or Personification?
300
the literary practice of using a comparatively milder or less abrasive form of a negative description instead of its original, unsympathetic form.
What is Euphemism?
300
figure of speech containing two phrases that are parallel but inverted to each other.
What is Chiasmus?
300
making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
What is Satire?
300
the practice of substituting the main word with a word that is closely linked to it.
What is Metonymy?
300
peeked though a hole in the fence to watch the circus and was scolded by her father for being curious.
Who is Louisa Gradgrind?
400
playing around with words such that the meaning implied by a sentence or word is actually different from the literal meaning.
What is Irony?
400
form of storytelling whereby the author bases the plot on the overall growth of the central character throughout the timeline of the story.
What is a Bildungsroman?
400
a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization.
What is a Sonnet?
400
the writer’s feelings towards a particular topic
What is Tone?
400
a mixture of different things.
What is hodge podge?
500
making fun of a human weakness or character flaw.
What is Satire?
500
when one uses a part to represent the whole.
What is Synecdoche?
500
lyric poetry.
What is an Ode?
500
any element, subject, idea or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature.
What is a Motif?
500
used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.
What is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
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