Sound Devices
The repeating of sound, words, phrases or lines in a poem used to emphasize an idea or convey a certain feeling.
Repetition
a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress
Obstruction
"No duh, Sherlock." is an example of what literary device?
Allusion
"The hotel is a diamond in the sky.”
Metaphor
The main character of a story is called the ________________.
The enemy of the main character is called the ______________.
Protagonist, Antagonist
The use of words whose sounds suggest their meanings.
ONOMATOPOEIA
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
Plot
the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.
Personification
Smokey the bear, Spongebob Squarepants, Simba of the "Lion King" are all examples of _____________________
Personification
belonging to a period other than that being portrayed.
Anachronistic
repetition of VOWEL SOUNDS at the BEGINNING, MIDDLE or END
Assonance
avoiding the company of other people; solitary.
Reclusive
"The test took forever and a day for me to finish." is an example of what type of figurative language.
Hyperbole
figures of speech or vivid descriptions used to produce mental images (appeal to the five senses).
Imagery
complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
Querulous
Repeating the “sh” sound in the words: “shush,” “wish,” “sharp,” “cushion” and “quash” is an example of ...
Consonance
showing a lack of proper concern; offhand.
cavalier
a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction
Oxymoron
The greek word for poetry is _________________
Poiesis
Mockery, ridicule, and scorn are all synonyms of this vocabulary word.
Satire
Alliteration is the repetition of __________________ sounds at the __________________ of at least two words in a line of poetry.
Consonant, Beginning
a distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition.
Motif
________________ can be created using an oxymoron.
Paradox
Name two poems we read in class
Answers may vary.
Your children need your presence more than your presents. is an example of what vocabulary word?
Epigram