Unit 0
Name the dominant literary device: "And frogs in the pools singing at night"
Personification
a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
allegory
Name the dominant literary device: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty"
Chiasmus
"in the middle of things"
in media res
What is the type of conflict in Frankenstein?
Man vs. Man; Man vs. Society
Name the dominant literary device: "Robins will wear their feathery fire"
Metaphor
3 Types of Satire
horatian, menippean, juvenalian
iambic pentameter
a character in a story who doesn't have the typical heroic qualities, such as morality or bravery.
Antihero
What narrative techniques are used in Frankenstein?
Framed narrative, 1st and 2nd person, Multiperspectivity
A style of reading that carefully examines the words used in order to understand meaning.
Close Reading
What type of literary device is "monstrous joy"?
Oxymoron
The backwards iamb; accented, unaccented
trochaic
a universal prototype upon which other characters are copied, patterned, or emulated.
archetypes
the natural phenomena that influenced Frankenstein's work
the formal organization of rhythm
Meter
narrative style that mimics the nonlinear thinking of the human mind
stream of consciousness
In "Ode to a Grecian Urn", the speaker is talking directly to its subject. What kind of literary device is that?
Apostrophe
when comedy takes place in a story that's dramatic, tragic, or serious in order to 'lighten the mood'.
comic relief
Which poem is referenced by Robert Walton in his letters?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Label the Plot Diagram
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
a form of understatement that involves making an affirmative point by denying its opposite
Litotes
In "Ozymandias", the speaker describes the sculptor as "the hand". Which literary devices is used here?
Synecdoche
a character who contrasts with another character, in order to better highlight or differentiate certain qualities of a particular character.
dramatic foil
I sought to puncture Heaven and instead discovered Hell.
Elizabeth