Terms
Terms
Idenfity the Poetic Device
Indentify the Poetic Device
Multiples
100
An account of a person’s life or part of it, written or told by another person.
What is a biography.
100
A person or an animal in a story, a play, or another literary work.
What is a character
100
Life is like a box of chocolates
What is a simile.
100
The moon is faithful, although blind
What is personification
100
Name the two types of conflict.
What is internal and external.
200

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

What is alliteration.

200
Language that appeals to the senses.
What is imagery
200
Time is a green orchard
What is a metaphor.
200
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration.
200
What are the two types of characters in a story?
What is static and dynamic.
300
A brief story told to illustrate a point.
What is an anecdote.
300
A long narrative poem that is written in heightened language and tells stories of the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of society.
What is an epic.
300
My sisters tears that sing upon my head
What is personification.
300
Amy ate apples all autumn.
What is assonance.
300
Name the three points of view and explain the difference in each.
What is first person (the "I" perspective), third person limited (narrator is limited to the thoughts of one person), third person omniscient (narrator can hear the thoughts of many people)
400

A comparison that aims to explain a thing or idea by likening it to something else.

What is an analogy.

400

The representation of the traits, motives, and psychology of a character in a narrative.

What is characterization.

400
His new car cost him an arm and a leg
What is hyperbole.
400
The dog barked all night long.
What is an onomatopoeia
400
Name three of the 5 elements of the plot of a story.
What are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
500
The use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot.
What is foreshadowing.
500

The story's central turning point—the moment of peak tension or conflict—which all the preceding plot developments have been leading up to.

What is the climax.

500
This test will be a piece of cake. (You must get both)
What is a hyperbole.
500
That’ll be the day when pigs fly.
What is an idiom.
500
Name three types of poetry.
What is lyric poetry, narrative poetry, ballad, elegy, epic poetry, free verse, ode
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