General lit Terms 1
A set of lines in a poem.
What is Stanza?
Words that rhyme perfectly.
What is a perfect rhyme?
Three main types: Blackout, collage, and painting
What is Found Poetry?
Francesco Petrarch was obsessed with her
Who is Laura?
Person, place or thing
What is a noun?
Although Judy shed _____ for Maria when Maria was passed over for the promotion, it was apparent that Maria’s loss was seen by Judy as an opportunity to advance her own position in the company.
What is Crocodile tears?
Giving nonhuman entities human characteristics.
What is Personification?
Rhyming words that appear at the end of two or more lines of Poetry.
What is end rhyme?
Known as the Eternal Bard
Who is William Shakespeare?
A stanza made up of two lines.
What is a couplet?
A word used to describe an action
What is a Verb?
Judas Iscariot was the disciple who agreed to betray Jesus to the authorities in exchange for payment.
Thirty Pieces of Silver/Betrayed With a Kiss
Repetition of a beginning consonant sound. IE: Peter Piper Picked a Pack of Prickly Peppers.
What is Alliteration?
Words that look as if they should rhyme, but do not when spoken.
What is a slant rhyme?
Has an ABABCDCDEFEFGG Rhyme scheme.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
When you don't use a period at the end of a line and end the sentence in the next line of the poem.
What is Juxtaposition?
Modifies a verb
What is an Adverb?
The “Y2K” hysteria leading up to the turn of the millennium turned out to be just so much ______.
What is sound and fury?
Means little song in Italian
What is a sonnet?
A figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that is not true, but helps to explain an idea or make a comparison.
What is a metaphor?
A narrative poem
What is a Ballad?
Over twenty different types
He/him, she/ her, they/them- these are _____
What are pronouns?
The term refers to any surprising turn of event that suddenly makes things turn out all right, esp. in a literary work. This device is often considered to be an unsatisfying and overly convenient way to end a story.
What is Deus ex Machina?
A repeated set of lines or a phrase.
What is a refrain?
The difference between appearance and reality
What is Irony?
English poet who was overshadowed by Shakespeare
Who is Edmund Spenser?
A famous writer and poet.
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
Joins words or phrases
What is a Conjunction?
Her inability to resist rich desserts was her _______, keeping her from losing the ten pounds she wanted to lose.
What is Achilles’ Heel?