Literary Devices
How do you feel?
Form follows Function
Why did he write THAT?
Sheer Poetry
100
There, stretching a bony and pointing finger into the night was Lonely Road.
What is personification?
100
An author's attitude toward his/her subject
What is tone?
100
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. [form of literature = drama, folktale, myth, poetry]
What is poetry?
100
When an author writes to give facts or information; newspaper articles, how-to books, encyclopedia entries, text books
What is writing to inform?
100
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin How neatly spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws! [form of literature = short story, poetry, drama, novel]
What is poetry?
200
He had an army "as numerous as the leaves on the trees."
What is simile?
200
Allison held the wiggling tan puppy in her arms and laughed out loud. The cute puppy repeatedly tried to lick her face, and the more Allison laughed, the harder the puppy twisted to reach her. She'd been holding different puppies from the litter, but this was the one that had claimed her heart, and she knew it was the one she would take home. [tone=excited, upset, unhappy, worried]
What is excited?
200
The Tell-Tale Heart The Landlady [form of literature = novel, short story, novella, poetry]
What is short story?
200
Since your representation in Congress is correlated to your state's population, your cooperation and sincerity with census takers is extremely important and necessary. [purpose = to entertain, to express, to inform, to persuade]
What is to persuade?
200
The arrangement of a line of poetry by the number of syllables and the rhythm of accented syllables.
What is meter?
300
He is faster than a speeding bullet.
What is hyperbole?
300
The emotion or feeling created in a story
What is mood?
300
A traditional story that explains something about the way the world works; often contains superhuman characters and larger-than-life events.
What is a myth?
300
Pronouns are words used to take the place of nouns. There are many different types of pronouns. Personal pronouns can be used to replace a person's name. Intensive pronouns are used to intensify the use of another noun or pronoun. Interrogative pronouns are used to introduce questions. Relative pronouns are used to introduce dependent/subordinate clauses. [purpose = to inform, to educate, to entertain, to persuade]
What is to educate?
300
How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! [rhyme scheme = 1 and 2; 3 and 4 1 and 3; 2 and 4 1 and 4; 2 and 3 1, 2, and 4]
What is 1 and 3; 2 and 4?
400
When I told my mom that the new kid was "pretty ugly", she scolded me for being rude.
What is oxymoron?
400
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary... Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December. [mood = sorrow, mystery, joy, delight]
What is sorrow?
400
When Paul Bunyan was born, it took five giant storks to deliver him to his parents. He was so large that his baby bed was a lumber wagon, and to rock his son to sleep, his father had to drive the wagon across the whole state. [form of literature: tall tale, paradox, tragedy, fantasy]
What is a tall tale?
400
The author's purpose for writing novels like Twilight, The Hunger Games, Where the Red Fern Grows
What is to entertain?
400
A section of lines in a poem
What is a stanza (or verse)?
500
Bring back my book.
What is alliteration?
500
The trunk opened with a slow creak, and then, in the silence after that creak, I heard something that made my heart rise into my throat: out there, somewhere along the darkness of Lonely Road, came the soft, high sound of someone calling my name. [mood = tense, admiring, amused, calm]
What is tense?
500
A form of literature that combines accurate historical information with elements of literature
What is historical fiction?
500
Attention: Open Gym Tonight 6:00-8:00 pm Bring your athletic equipment to the HMS gym and play your favorite indoor sport with your peers. Cost is free. Concessions will be available with prices ranging from $1-$5 depending on the item. [purpose = to persuade, to inform, to educate, to entertain]
What is to inform?
500
Read the first line of this poem with the correct meter: How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale!
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