Sounds in Poetry
Figurative Language
Poetic Terms
Character
Misc. Lit Terms
100
This is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex: Ben bought a beagle.
What is alliteration?
100
This is a figure of speech where two unlike things are compared, using like or as.
What is a simile?
100
This is the subdivision in a poem in which groups of words are arranged in a row and end at the right margin.
What is a line?
100
This is the main character in a literary work.
What is the protagonist?
100
These are four types of conflict: one internal and three external (designate which is which).
What is internal (man v. self) external (man v. man; man v. society; man v. nature)
200
This is the use of words that have the same or a very similar vowel sounds near one another. Ex: summer, fun, brother
What is assonance?
200
This is the attribution of human characteristics to an inanimate object.
What is personification?
200
This is a division in a poem in which lines are arranged together in groups--similar to paragraphs in prose writing.
What is a stanza?
200
This is the character who frustrates or opposes the main character in a literary work.
What is the antagonist?
200
While both the narrator of both types of third person point of view use he/she/they pronouns, one (a) follows the thoughts and feelings of a single character while the other (b) has access to the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters
What is (a) limited and (b) omniscient?
300
This is the use of words that have the same or very similar consonant sounds near one another. Ex: matter, bottom, hatchet
What is consonance?
300
This is a figure of speech that identifies one thing as being the same as an unrelated thing. Ex: He's the black sheep of the family.
What is a metaphor?
300
This type of poem follows an established, traditional pattern, often involving rhyme and meter.
What is formal verse?
300
These terms define change in a character in a literary work--one type undergoes a change over the course of the work (a) , one type does not (b) (list answers in order)
What are (a) dynamic and (b) static characters?
300
This is an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect. Ex: The walk home took forever.
What is hyperbole?
400
This is a rhyme that occurs in the last syllables of a line of verse. Ex: Whose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village, though.
What is end rhyme?
400
This is the attribution of human characteristics to an animal.
What is anthropomorphism?
400
This is the continuation of a sentence over a line break. Ex: All who would have seen us dead are dead. I hear the witch's cry
What is enjambment?
400
These terms describe the level of development a character receives in a work. The first term (a) describes a character who is complex, undergoes development and can surprise the reader. The second term (b) describes a two-dimensional character who is relatively uncomplicated and does not develop in a notable way throughout the work.
What is (a) round and (b) flat?
400
This is a word, image or object that represents a larger idea in a literary work.
What is a symbol?
500
This is a rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.
What is internal rhyme?
500
This is a figure of speech in which the sound of a word imitates its sense. Ex: buzz
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This type of poem has an open form and does not use a consistent pattern of meter or rhyme.
What is free verse?
500
This type of character serves as a contrast to another character in a literary work--this contrast helps to highlight character traits.
What is a foil?
500
This is a statement that lessens or minimizes the importance of what is meant, often for ironic purposes. Ex: Saying "It's a bit warm out" on an 100 degree day.
What is understatement?
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