Literary Terms pt. 1
A comparison using like or as
simile
She is eating like a pig!
simile
True or False: All 3 versions have 2 stepsisters
False
Which Cinderella only had 1 stepsister?
Chinese Cinderella
What is rhyming?
When two words are similar in sound
A comparison that does NOT use like or as
metaphor
Sally sells seashells by the seashore
alliteration
Why was her name Cinderella?
She worked near a fire
Which Cinderella still had her father?
German cinderella?
The 'paragraph' of a poem is called...
stanza
Giving inanimate objects human-like characteristics
personification
What is your hair color? Purple
What is your favorite color? Purple
What color is your room? Purple
Repetition
What did the stepmother and stepsister do to Golden eyes?
eat him
German cinderella
When two lines go together, usually rhyme, and are related to each other, they are called a...
couplet
When the author appeals to the 5 senses to describe something
imagery
Boom! Buzz!
In the German version, what did Cinderella have to do in order to go to the ball?
Pick lentils from ashes
Which one involves a fairy god mother?
Disney cinderella
What is the name of the traditional Japanese poem that has a 5-7-5 rhyming pattern?
Haiku
A phrase that (typically) makes no sense out of context; used to describe a situation
"And I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more..."
hyperbole
How did the prince get the shoe in the German version?
He put sticky tack on the stairs
Which one involves beautiful stepsisters?
German cinderella
What is an allusion?
When an author refers to another piece of literature within their writing