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The implied attitude of the writer toward the subject or the audience.
What is the tone
100
Name 3 literary devices used in poetry.
What is symbolism, imagery, allusion, repetition, etc.
100
The following sentence is an example of what?
The leaves waved in the wind.
What is personification
100
Language that evokes one or all of the five senses: smelling, hearing, touching, tasting, seeing.
What is imagery
100
Type of irony?
Dramatic Irony.
200
It occurs when a statement or situation means something different from (or even the opposite of) what is expected.
What is irony
200
Identify the use of alliteration in the following excerpt from Romeo and Juliet: Sweet, so would I. Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night til it be morrow.
What is such sweet sorrow
200
Give three examples of onomatopoeia.
What is boom, buzz, etc.
200
The repetition of vowel sounds.
What is assonance
200
A difference between what happens and what would be expected to happen. Example: A student studies for days for an English test, but sleeps in late the morning of the test, shows up late for class, and fails the test.
What is situational irony
300
Example: I'm going to die if I don't get to see Cardi B in concert this year.
What is a hyperbole
300
What are these examples of?
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. / Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light. / Do not Go Gentle into that.
What is juxtaposition?
300
A character who has virtuous and sympathetic traits but ultimately meets with suffering or defeat.
What is a tragic hero?
300
A representation of an element of universal human experience; something recognized by all.
For example: The lover, the hero, mothers.
What are archetypes?
300
This is an example of?
What is allusion?
400
Any form of lit that blends ironic humor and wit with criticism directed at a particular folly, vice or stupidity; it seeks to correct, improve, or reform through ridicule.
Hint: shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons have a lot of this.
What is satire
400
A type of lyrical poetry, has a rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG; the last couplet ties the poem together.
What is a sonnet
400
Correctly use a simile in a sentence.
When my alarm goes off in the morning, I don't want to get up because I am as snug as a bug in a rug.
400
A dominant theme or central idea.
What is a motif
400
A type of philosophy or study that uses broad concepts to help define reality and our understanding of it. Seek to explain inherent or universal elements of reality which are not easily discovered or experienced in our everyday life.
What is metaphysics?
500
A story or visual image with a second distinct meaning partially hidden behind its literal or visible meaning.
What is an allegory
500
A type of poem that does not have any regular, recurring pattern of rhythm or rhyme.
What is free verse
500
What is a euphemism?
What is a mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt when referring to something unpleasant or embarrassing.
500
A character that contrasts a second character that highlights certain qualities of the first character.
Example: Batman and The Joker, Harry Potter and Voldemort
What is a foil
500
Use of a word to suggest a different association than its literal meaning.
For example, blue is a color, but it is also a word used to describe a feeling of sadness, as in: “She's feeling blue.
What is connotation?