Elements of Style
Poetry
Literary Devices
Essay Writing
Shakespeare
100
The perspective in which the text is written or told.
What is point of view.
100
A line of poetry repeating the same initial letter.
What is alliteration.
100
Example: he is a library of information about Canadian authors.
What is metaphor
100
The most important part of an essay
What is the thesis statement.
100
A tragedy set in Verona Italy against the backdrop of two feuding families the Montagues and the Capulets.
What is Romeo and Juliet.
200
The importance of word choice (simple, flowery, technical, direct etc.)
What is diction
200
A continuation of an idea without a pause that carries onto the next line.
What is enjambment
200
The photo is an example of
What is irony.
200
A type of essay that tells a story... often anecdotal, experiential and personal.
What is a narrative essay
200
A witty and sometimes humorous play on words.
What is a pun.
300
An example would be long, descriptive sentences with an emphasis on setting and atmosphere.
What is pace
300
A 14 line poem written in rhymed iambic pentameter. It contains a rhyming couplet in the last 2 lines.
What is a sonnet
300
A specific reference to a person, historical event, Biblical or mythological character.
What is an allusion
300
Words and phrases used to connect ideas, generate "flow" and make your writing cohesive.
What are transitions.
300
A remark that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
What is an aside.
400
Prose that intentionally follows incorrect grammar or spelling rules to reflect a person's speech.
What is experimentation in language.
400
Directly addressing a real or imagined listener or inanimate object that is not physically present in the poem.
What is apostrophe.
400
A character who exhibits opposite or conflicting traits to another character, often the protagonist.
What is a character foil.
400
Includes the author's last name and page/line number.
What is a citation.
400
A type of metric line consisting of 5 feet alternating between unstressed and stressed syllables.
What is iambic pentameter.
500
The arrangement of ideas. Examples include cyclical, chronological, parallel, and flashbacks.
What is organization and structure.
500
A type of poem written using elevated language to glorify or praise someone or something.
What is an ode
500
The persuasive appeal to an audience's sense of emotion and feeling.
What is pathos.
500
Contradictions, flawed reasoning, and/or illegitimate arguments that can be proven wrong are examples of
What are logical fallacies
500
An extended speech where an actor says his thoughts out loud while alone on the stage. Hint: Hamlet is known for these.
What is a soliloquy.