Literary Devices
Literary Terms
Kinda Poetic (ish)
Poetry Types
Wild Card
100
An indirect reference to a person, event, statement, theme or work made to enrich meaning through the connotations they carry.
What is an allusion?
100

The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience.

What is tone?

100

series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people.

What is a Litany

100

narrative poems characterized by their melodious rhyme scheme---- can be any length, but it must be a series of rhyming quatrains. These quatrains, four-line stanzas, can follow any rhyme scheme.

What is a Ballad

100

DAILY DOUBLE

REQUIRES AT LEAST 3 types: A contrast between expectation and reality

(verbal, situational, or dramatic irony)

200

Figure of speech where a part represents a whole or vica versa.

IE: Cleveland won the finals.

Cleveland represents the Baseball team's full name

What is Synecdoche

200

The emotional feeling or atmosphere that a work produces in a reader.

Mood

200

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died.

What is a Eulogy?

200

written to mourn an individual or group. They also frequently end with lines about hope and redemption. ------ originated in ancient Greece, and over time, they morphed into the mourning poems we know them as today.

What is an Elegy

200

In poetry, the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the line break.

Enjambment 

300

Mostly found in poetry, harsh, unpleasant, or discordant sounds. Pop culture examples are included in songs recorded by the rock group Nine Inch Nails.

What is cacophony?

300

The author’s word choice.

Diction

300

A deliberate pause or break in a line of poetry.

Caesura

300

This poetry explicitly does away with a consistent rhyme scheme and meter. This poem can be long or short, and it can cover any subject matter—as long as it doesn’t have a consistent rhyme scheme or meter,

What is Free Verse

300

Iambic pentameter is a type of metric line used in English verse, most famously by William Shakespeare. While "iambic" describes the unstressed/stressed pattern of each two-syllable "foot," the word "pentameter" indicates that there are this many feet within a given line.

What is five?

400
A statement that seems self-contradictory or nonsensical on the surface but that, upon closer examination, may express an underlying truth.
What is a paradox?
400

The arrangement of words and sentence structure.

Syntax

400

a poem that praises something or someone. They are not required to stick to any specific meter, rhyme scheme, or length—though they often use a formal tone.

They originated in ancient Greece, where they were performed with musical accompaniment. Today, they’re often written and recited in celebration of beloved individuals or organizations.

What is an ode?

400

This poetry is poetry with a specific meter, but no rhyme scheme. Although these poems are written in iambic pentameter, this is not a requirement. The only requirements for this poetry are that the poem not rhyme and that it adheres to a consistent meter.

What is Blank Verse?

400

DAILY DOUBLE: REQUIRES a two-part answer

A story within a story structure------ Give an example!

Framed Narrative

Catcher in the Rye

Great Gatsby

Kite Runner

500


a recurring element, such as an object, image, sound, or idea, that appears throughout a work and helps to develop the theme or mood. It acts as a "pattern" or a recurring thread that connects different parts of the narrative and reinforces the overall meaning. 


What is a motif?

500

Addressing an absent person, abstract idea, or object directly.

Apostrophe

500

This is a poetic form that originated in France, initially as a variation of pastoral poetry. They are specifically about obsessions and follow a strict form:

  • 19 lines
  • Five tercets (five lines)
  • One quatrain
  • ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA, ABA, ABAA rhyme scheme
  • Line 1 repeats in lines 6, 12, and 18
  • Line 3 repeats in lines 9, 15, and 19
  • Sylvia Plaths " Mad Girl's Love Song" is an example

What is a Villanele

500

DAILY DOUBLE:

There are two answers needed for this question

One type of this poem consists of:

  • Three quatrains (four lines) and a couplet, which typically concludes the poem
  • ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG rhyme scheme

The other type contains:

  • Two stanzas: one octave (eight lines) and one sestet (six lines)
  • The first eight lines present an argument or question
  • A volta, or “turn,” begins the sestet, which responds to the argument posed in the octave
  • ABBAABBA, CDCDCD/CDECDE rhyme scheme
  • Both are named for poets who not only made the form their own but also made it famous. These poems have roots in thirteenth century Italy. Both types adhere to specific rules.

What are: the two main types of sonnet: Shakespearean and Petrarchan.

500

A coming-of-age story focusing on a character’s growth and development.

Bildungsroman

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