Poetry Terms
What is this an example of?
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
Alliteration
What is conflict?
The problems that occur in a story
What is characterization?
The way that a character is described and their personality traits are revealed
What is the POV of this line?
You walked to the kitchen and poured yourself a cup of coffee.
2nd person
What blood type is the universal donor?
What is this an example of?
The lake was a mirror, reflecting the clouds and the sky.
Metaphor
What is this an example of?
The shadows climbed up the wall as the sun set.
Personification
What is an antagonist?
The character that opposes the protagonist
What is typically the purpose of 1st person narration?
It immerses the reader in the character's thoughts and allows the reader to 'get into' the character's head/feelings.
What is a sudden violent explosion on the sun called?
Solar Flare
What is consonance?
What is an allusion?
A reference to another work of literature (frequently mythology or the Bible) in a story
What is a universal theme?
A message from a story that could apply to anyone
What does it mean if a narrator is objective?
The narrator is unbiased and does not impart their thoughts or feelings on the reader.
Which DC vigilante from Watchmen believes in absolute justice and refuses to compromise?
Rorschach
What is the rhyme scheme of these lines?
Once upon a time
I caught a little rhyme
I set it on the floor
but it ran right out the door
I chased it on my bicycle
but it melted to an icicle
I scooped it up in my hat
but it turned into a cat
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What kind of character is this?
Scrooge is grumpy and hates Christmas in the beginning of A Christmas Carol, but by the end he understands the holiday better and is generous.
A dynamic character
What is diction?
The word choices that an author makes; the use of specific words for a specific purpose in a work of literature
What is the purpose of a subjective narrator?
A subjective narrator will influence the reader to feel one way or another, since the narration will be biased.
What Steinbeck novel takes its title from a poem by Julia Ward Howe?
The Grapes of Wrath
What is a Caesura?
A long pause in the middle of a line of poetry.
What is the purpose of a line like this in a story?
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
Establishes setting and mood
What is an allegory?
A story in which the characters and plot represent people/events directly, usually for political commentary.
Ex: The Crucible is an allegory for the Red Scare and McCarthyism.
What is typically the purpose of 2nd person narration?
It immerses the reader in the story, since it tells the reader that they are doing something, but usually, it's unsettling or feel uncomfortable for the reader.
Ronald Reagan made headlines in 1980 for claiming that 80 percent of air pollution comes from what?
Trees