Poetry
What is the literary device in the following line of the poem "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
"Caus I walk like I got oil wells pumping in my living room"
Simile
How the reader feels regarding the elements of a story
Mood
I have asked you "a trillion" times to put your phones away
Hyperbole
The most intense part of a story
Climax
Hints or clues to events that will happen later in the plot of a story is called
Foreshadowing
What is the literary device in the following lines from the poem "Rose Painted"
"If I were a rose painted black, would you cast me aside?"
Metaphor
The subject or focus of a work of literature
theme
What is this an example of?
It's 10 degrees during a snow storm in NYC.
person 1: "gosh, it is just a beautiful, sunny day in paradise!"
Verbal irony
The central character of a story
Protagonist
"Raging riots ravaged the small town after the shooting" contains what literary device?
Alliteration
What is it called when two successive lines in the same verse of poetry rhyme?
Couplet
A phrase that appeals to the 5 senses and uses figurative language
Imagery
Dad jokes ca be good examples of this....
I've been to the dentist so many times I know the drill.How do construction workers party? They raise the roof!
Pun
A method in which present actions are interrupted so that the reader can witness past events
Flashback
We are watching a scary movie. We know who the killer is the entire time and must watch as the other characters figure it out slowly.
What is this an example of?
Dramatic irony
What is the literary device in the last line of the following excerpt from the poem "Bitter Sweet Boy?"
"Being alone together with an awfully good looking man with a cool passion for bitter sweet chocolate
was sadly crash landing into an awkward deafening silence."
Oxymoron
The point of view that uses the pronouns "he, she, they"
3rd persion
that was "the icing on the cake" - something good has turned into something great
it happened "out of the blue" - with no warning
it's falling like cats and dogs out there - it's raining hard
Idiom
The central problem or issue resolved in a plot
Conflict
+300 points if you can name all three types!
What is the definition of mood?
AND
What would be considered the mood of the movies "Dumb and Dumber" or "Super Troopers" or "Madea's Goes to Jail"
funny or humorous
What is the tone of the below lines of poetry from Poe's "The Raven?"
"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, an the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?
Sad, melancholy, ominous, or mysterious
A brief reference to a famous person, place, thing, event, or idea in history, literature, or culture
I'm sorry your father "passed away" vs I'm sorry your father "is dead"
Euphemism
The type of character that changes as a result of the central problem of the story
Dynamic
+100 if you can name the other type of character who does NOT change as a result of the central problem of the story
In what meter did Shakespeare write most of his works including Romeo and Juliet?
Iambic Pentameter