Literary Terms
Tone
Poetic Devices
What kind of poem am I?
MLA Format
100
One thing (object, person, place) used to represent something else
What is symbolism?
100
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only, That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered - Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.' Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'
What is hopeless?
100
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
100
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. -
What is a sonnet?
100
It should be in the upper right hand corner of the first page of an MLA format paper.
What is Last Name and Page Number
200
Language that appeals to all five senses
What is imagery?
200
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too Went for a ride in a flying shoe. "Hooray!" "What fun!" "It's time we flew!" Said Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too.
What is silly?
200
I am so hungry that I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
200
out the window snow is falling . . . white everywhere I look
What is haiku?
200
It is the third line of the heading on the left side.
What is the class name?
300
A sentence that contains both the focus and claim that the author will be proving throughout the paper.
What is a thesis statement?
300
I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks very prickly, a penalty they earn for knowing the black art of blackberry-making; and as I stand among them lifting the stalks to my mouth, the ripest berries fall almost unbidden to my tongue,
What is joyful?
300
The wind was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas
What is metaphor?
300
"The Highway Man"
What is a ballad?
300
The font for an MLA paper.
What is Times New Roman 12?
400
The central message or insight into the meaning of a literary work.
What is theme?
400
From the Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll: "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"
What is nonsense?
400
The wind cried, "Mary"
What is personification?
400
O WILD West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being Thou from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
What is an ode?
400
The last sentence of the introductory paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
500
The author's attitude that is reflected toward the subject that they are writing about.
What is tone?
500
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart!
What is mournful?
500
Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune,
What is onomatopoeia?
500
Bitterly cold, winter clings to the naked trees. If only you would free the bright sparrows from the tips of your fingers and release a smile—that shy, tentative smile— from the imprisoned anguish I see.
What is free verse?
500
What should be in a parenthetical citation?
What is the author's last name and page number?
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