Two consecutive lines of poetry that form a unit, often emphasized by rhythm or rhyme.
What is a couplet
100
Define audible.
What is capable of being heard
100
Bid me to weep, and I will weep
While I have eyes to see;
And having none, yet I will keep
A heart to weep for thee.
What type of Rhyme Scheme?
What is ABAB
100
The struggle within the story.
What is conflict.
200
Author of The Bet?
What is Anton Chekhov
200
Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
What is blank verse
200
Define annihilate.
What is to destroy
200
True wit is nature to advantage dress'd;
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well express'd.
— Alexander Pope
What is this?
What is couplet
200
Define Imagery.
What is uses images to evoke atmosphere, mood, tension.
300
Author of The Cold Equation?
What is Tom Godwin
300
The attitude a writer takes toward the reader, a subject, or a character.
What is tone
300
Define proximity.
What is nearness
300
My cat is nice
My cat likes mice.
My cat is fat.
I like my cat.
What type of rhyme scheme?
What is AABB
300
Define characterization.
What is the author's expression of a character's personality through the use of action, dialogue, thought, or commentary by the narrator or another character.
400
Author of the Pedestrian?
What is Ray Bradbury
400
Use of a word whose sound imitates or suggests its meaning.
What is onomatopoeia
400
Define bibliophile.
What is book lover or collector
400
My cat is nice.
My cat is fat.
My cat likes mice.
I like my cat.
What type of rhyme scheme?
What is ABAB
400
The vantage point from which the author presents action of the story
What is point of view.
500
Author of The Book of Sand?
What is Jorge Luis Borges
500
repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by different consonant sounds in words that are close together
What is assonance
500
Define ebbing.
What is lessening or decreasing; flow of water
500
My cat is gray.
My cat is fat.
My cat is cute.
I like my cat.
What type of rhyme scheme?
What is ABCB
500
Define symbol.
What is something which is itself yet stands for or means something else.