Literary Terms
Tone
What is an author's attitude toward a subject?
The feeling an author creates for the reader
What is mood?
Jubilant
What is happy?
"My mama always said 'life is like a box of chocolates.'"
What is a simile?
Poems are arranged into these.
What are stanzas?
Dialogue
What is a conversation between two or more characters?
A feeling of growing tension or excitement
What is suspense?
Melancholy
What is sad?
"I'm a cowboy. On a steel horse I ride. I'm wanted, dead or alive."
What is a metaphor?
The acronym used for analyzing poetry in this class.
What is POETS FTW?
The means by which an author creates and explains a character in a story
Characterization
A reference to a well known person, event in history, or literary text
What is an allusion?
Pessimistic
What is negative?
What is an allusion?
The turning point of a poem, where something changes.
What is the shift?
Exposition
What is the beginning of the story where characters and plots are introduced?
A character who changes throughout the story
What is a dynamic character?
Placid
What is peaceful?
"We're in a real pickle thanks to what you did."
What is an idiom?
What is the rhyme scheme?
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling, it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we're devoting
Our time to floating
Under the sea!
What is AABBA CCDDA
Anthropomorphism
What is giving human characteristics or abilities to things that are not human?
Making a comparison between two or more things at length
What is an extended metaphor?
Nostalgic
What is remembering the past?
"Well, Son, I tell you / life for me ain't been no crystal stair. / It's had tacks in it, / and splinters, / And boards torn up, and places with no carpet on the floor-- / bare.
What is an extended metaphor?
A sonnet has this many lines.
What is 14?