Figurative Language
Characterization
Poetry
Symbolism
Sound Devices
100
Jumbo Shrimp
What is an oxymoron
100
The main character
What is the protagonist?
100
This poem is traditionally constructed of an octave and a sestet.
What is a Petrarchan Sonnet?
100
The Christmas tree in "A Doll House."
What is a symbol for deterioration or chaos?
100
She sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
200
My love is as red as a red, red rose
What is a simile?
200
The main adversary
What is the antagonist?
200
This poetic meter mimics the heartbeat.
What is iambic pentameter?
200
The fence in "Fences."
What is a symbol for isolation or protection?
200
The blooming of the monsoon orchids belied the approaching gloom of doomsday.
What is assonance?
300
"...and all the sea were moving marble..."
What is a metaphor?
300
Macbeth
What is a round character?
300
A poem in which the lines are not endstopped.
What is enjambment?
300
Robert Johnson's scarred hands in "Reservation Blues" symbolize him as a particular type of character who is named after a famous author.
What is Faustian?
300
"Bzzzzz" went the referee's timer, and just like that, the game was over.
What is onomatopoeia?
400

"Death be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so;....."

What is apostrophe?
400
Rose in "Fences"
What is a dynamic character?
400
A poem typically written after someone has died.
What is an elegy?
400
The African Lover in "Heart of Darkness" symbolizes.....
What is strength and honesty?
400
Dr. Seuss uses this technique to entertain his readers auditorily: "I do not like green eggs and ham.  I do not like them, Sam-I-Am."
What is rhyme?
500
Today the White House announced that tweets will now allow 100 characters.
What is metonymy?
500
Mrs. Linde to Nora
What is a foil?
500
In poetry, a pause near the middle of a line.
What is caesura?
500
The peddler who visited Elisa in her garden symbolized this.
What is freedom?
500
When words flow together to create a pleasing sound, this is created.
What is euphony?
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