Literature: Sound Devices
Literature: Skills to Know
Rhetorical Devices
Punctuation
Literature: Terms to know
100
This refers to the repetition of the beginning sounds of words.
What is alliteration
100
When the author paints a picture with words in a story.
What is imagery
100
When will we finally say, "No more," and stand up for our rights?
What is rhetorical question
100
This punctuation mark can be used to separate items in a simple list.
What is a comma
100
This is used to describe the author's purpose for writing literature.
What is PIE
200
When the stanza follow a specific pattern but it is not the same in the next stanza.
What is Rhyme Scheme?
200
You'd better pay attention. You wouldn't want the principal to come in here would you?
What is appeal to fear
200
When a sentence is balanced based on a listing. Example: We create a government of the people, for the people, and by the people.
What is parallelism
200
This punctuation mark separates two complete sentences that have a similar subject.
What is a semicolon
200
A structure in a story that stands for something completely different.
What is a symbol
300
Words that sound like the sound they describe are called this.
What is onomatopoeia
300
This is the strategy used to write constructed response.
What is ACES
300
I have cried the tears of a thousand men!
What is hyperbole
300
This punctuation mark introduces a list.
What is a colon
300
This term is used when the unexpected happens.
What is irony
400
This poetic term refers to two words that rhyme within a single line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme
400
When the author makes fun of a specific group or people for the betterment of society
What is satire
400
We must break free from the chains of injustice!
What is metaphor
400
Which punctuation mark is missing? "I knew beyond a doubt that I was suffering from one ailment exhaustion."
What is a colon
400
This is a type of character in a story who contrasts with the main character, usually to highlight one of their attributes.
What is foil
500
It is the the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants in a line of poetry.
What is Consonance?
500
When you have two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses in a sentence. Normally, separated by a comma or semicolon.
What is complex-compound?
500
When the author makes a reference to an event, literary work or person
What is allusion
500
Which punctuation mark is missing? "His cheeks were like roses his nose was a cherry!"
What is a semicolon
500
The associations people make with words that go beyond the literal or dictionary definition
What is connotation
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