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A. Fiction
B. poetic devices pt. 1
C. poetic devices pt. 2
D. Types of Poetry
E. MISC
100
a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work
What is theme?
100
to use like or as to compare two apparently unlike things and show similarities between the two
What is a simile?
100
the use, more that once, of any element of language
What is repetition?
100
a story that can either be fiction or nonfiction
What is a narrative?
100
a regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem
What is rhyme scheme?
200
the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
200
a direct comparison of two unlike things
What is a metaphor?
200
the repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
200
a narrative poem, often of folk origin & intended to be sung; with simple stanzas and recurrent refrain
What is a ballad?
200
Please rewrite this sentence using descriptive words and imagery (sensory language): The cat and dog played together.
What is...?
300
the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject
What is tone?
300
writing that appeals to one or more of the five senses
What is sensory language?
300
the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language
What is rhythm?
300
a humorous, rhyming, 5 line poem with a specific rhythm pattern and rhyme scheme
What is a limerick?
300
The poem "Oranges" written by
Who is Gary Soto?
400
conflict with one's self (decision making)
What is internal conflict?
400
repetition of the same sounds at the begging of each word
What is alliteration?
400
an exaggeration or overstatement
What is a hyperbole?
400
a three line Japanese verse form. The 1st and 3rd lines have 5 syllables and the 2nd line has seven
What is a haiku?
400
a poem that has four lines in each stanza with at least two lines that rhyme.
What is a quatrain?
500
conflict between characters or things
What is external conflict?
500
giving human qualities to something that is not human
What is personification?
500
the use of words that imitate sounds
What is onomatopoeia?
500
poetry that is not written in a regular, rhythmical pattern, or meter
What is free verse?
500
The Greek root "derm" means:
What is skin?