Terms
This is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
This is the natural rhythmic rise and fall of language
Cadence
Written for the screen play of "The Hunger Games" the song "Eye's Open" by Taylor Swift refers to which literary genre?
The tricky thing
Is yesterday we were just children
Playing soldiers just pretending
Dreaming dreams with happy endings
In backyards, winning battles with our wooden swords
But now we've stepped into a cruel world
Where everybody stands and keeps score
This is irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected.
Situational Irony
This is literature that emphasizes a particular geographic location
Llewelyn Moss from No Country for Old Men, best fits what type of character brought forward by the rise of Realism?
This is a protagonist who does not have the typical heroic qualities
How was Walt Whitman's lifestyle from that of Emily Dickinson's
In the song "Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato, Demi speaks to the pain following a breakup. Which literary trend does this best fit?
Stone cold, baby
God knows I tried to feel
Happy for you
Know that I am, even if I
Can't understand, I'll take the pain
Give me the truth, me and my heart
We'll make it through
If happy is her, I'm happy for you
Realism
Which historically significant author wrote books such as "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" which showed the truth of the American South during and following the Civil War?
This is a long list of related, things, people, or events
What is dialect?
a type of writing used by regionalists to show the accents of particular groups
In the song "Merry-Go-Round" by Kacey Musgraves, Kacey talks about life in a small town and the people who live their entire lives in the town where they grew up.
Which literary trend does this song best match?
Mary Mary quite contrary,
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust we settle in this town
On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,
Where it stops nobody knows,
And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round
This is poetry without rhyme or meter
In the poem "O Captain, My Captain," by Walt Whitman, which historical figure is the speaker referring to?
Which literary trend does the bird Piper best fit in to?