Poetic Devices
What is it called when two words sound the same, like cat and rat?
Rhyme
Write a hyperbolic statement.
My backpack weighs a ton, my mom will kill me if I don't do my chores, etc.
What is the basic building block of songs and poems?
Lines
+100 for each root word that relates to space
terra, lun, astro
What is the major turning point in a novel called?
Climax
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses "like" or "as" to make the comparison
What are the three kinds of rhyme? +200 if you can write an example of all three.
Internal, external, both
What is a grouping of lines in a poem called? What is a grouping of lines in a song called? +200 for each correct response.
stanza, verse, chorus, etc.
Write a word that is a combination of two or more roots.
Autograph, phonograph, photograph, autocrat...
+200 for each of the four parts of setting.
General, specific, time, SES
What makes a piece of writing imagery?
It needs to use sensory details to paint a picture in the readers mind
What is it called when an object, color, place, etc. represents something beyond its literal form?
Symbolism
The source material of the allusion
What root word that we've learned this year would be the opposite of "vivi/vita"?
Cide
Name and describe the three points of view in narration.
1st, 2nd, 3rd.
1st is the perspective of a character in the story
2nd uses "you" as the character
3rd is an observer from outside the story
Explain the two different reasons for using repetition in songs or poems.
Sound - to make things catchy, like a chorus
Meaning - to reiterate an important point (i.e, to draw attention to it)
Explain how extended metaphor works.
One overarching metaphor, with tiny related metaphors/similes throughout
Name three musical artists (or their songs) we've used in class so far.
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We've gone over two pairs of root words that share definitions. What are the words in those pairings?
(Two pairs x two words = four words total. Math, yo. Math.)
photo and lum = light
pan and omni = all/everything
List all all the four major types of conflict, and provide an example for each.
Person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. nature, person vs. self
Find all the devices in this passage:
The giant green gate cast a giant shadow on the ground. The girl looked up, noticing for the first time how large the dilapidated mansion actually was. The back of the mansion contained a giant tower, looking like it reached all the way to heaven. As she sat there, watching, a stiff breeze kicked up, knives cutting through her clothes and skin. She shivered.
Simile, metaphor, alliteration, hyperbole
Organize all of the devices we've learned into three categories:
- Devices used only for sound purposes
- Devices used only for meaning purposes
- Devices used for both
Sound: internal, external, both rhyme, alliteration
Meaning: metaphor, simile, imagery, allusion, hyperbole
Both: repetition
Name three poets we've read so far in class (and/or their poems)
Acevedo (Hair), Eliot (Preludes), Neruda (One Hundred Love Sonnets), Yeats (When You Are Old), Shakur (The Rose That Grew From Concrete), Thomas (Do not go gentle into that good night), Alexie (Powwow at the End of the World)
What root words would apply to things you might do in an ELA classroom? You need at least four.
Voc, graph, liter, spec, auto, -ology
Why is a third person omniscient narrator unlikely to be unreliable or untrustworthy? What is the difference between unreliable and untrustworthy narration? (Both parts must be answered)
3rd-person omniscient knows everything, so they aren't going to provide incorrect information, and they aren't part of the story, so they have no reason to be untrustworthy.
Untrustworthy narrators lie to you on purpose.