Literary Terms
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
What is a pun?
The O in SOAPStone.
What is occasion?
A word imitating the sound it denotes.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The final T in TP-PASTT.
What is theme?
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
What is a ballad?
Three different strategies for reading poetry.
What are SIFTING, SOAPStone, SIC, Line by Line, and TP-PASTT? (any three)
A spoken or written account of events.
What is a narrative?
The G in SIFTING.
What is genre?
An act of speaking thoughts aloud when by oneself, regardless of people listening.
What is a soliloquy?
The three Ts in SIFTING.
What are tone, theme, and turning points?