FIGgy Pudding
(Literary Figurative Language)
(Literary Figurative Language)
"where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile
What is a seemingly self-contradictory phrase or concept that illuminates a truth?
Paradox.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
14
Adjective - manifesting, feeling, or expressing deep hatred or disapproval
Contemptuous
Name the literary device in this lyric from "Bejeweled": "Best believe we're still bejeweled"
Alliteration
Nick refers to one of the gypsies at Gatsby's party as: "Gilda Gray's understudy from the Follies." This is an example of what kind of figurative language, which is defined as quick references to well-known things—books, movies, people, events.
Allusion
There are three kinds of repetition in this line. Name two: "Tryin’ to reach my goal, my power of speech unimpeachable," is an example of what kind of poetic device?
Assonance (ee sound), Consonance (ch sound), and Internal rhyme (reach, speech, impeachable).
2
deeply affecting, painfully affecting the feelings : causing a strong feeling
poignant
Name the literary device in this lyric from "The Black Dog": "intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming"
Internal Rhyme
"Her voice was full of money" is an example of what kind of figurative language/device?
Metaphor
In home is not a county, Elhillo often omits punctuation at the end of lines in her poems, thus creating a sense of flow, urgency, or continuity. This literary device is known as ___________________.
Enjambment.
"ABAB ABAB ABAB CC" refers to the __________________ of a Shakespearean sonnet.
Rhyme scheme.
adjective - accomplished with trained ability
deft
"Karma is my boyfriend / karma is a god / karma is the breeze in my hair on the weekend" is an example of what literary device, as seen in the song "Karma"?
Metaphor
What is: the act of suggesting a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes; also, the implied meaning of a word.
Connotation
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields" is an example of what kind literary technique?
Anaphora
What is 4-line stanza in a sonnet known as?
A Quatrain
adjective - excessively showy
Name the literary device in this lyric from "This is Why We Can't Have Nice Things": "Feelin' so Gatsby for that whole year"
Allusion
"Death, in approaching him, had stalked with his black shadow before him..." is an example of what literary device?
Personification
Name all 5 kinds of imagery and what senses they apply to.
Tactile - touch, Olfactory - smell, Auditory - hearing, Gustatory - taste, Visual - sight
In a Shakespearean sonnet, where does the volta (or shift) typically occur?
In the couplet.
adjective - of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe
transcendent
Taylor loves a good slant rhyme:
Keep it one hundred
On the land, the sea, the sky
Pledge allegiance to your hands
Your team, your vibes
Don't care where the hell you been
'Cause now you're mine
It's 'bout to be the sleepless night
SKY, VIBES, MINE, and NIGHT are examples of what kind of repetition?
Assonance