Lovely Literary Devices
A comparison between 2 unlike things using like or as.
Simile
The early 1900s artistic movement in New York that sparked creativity in the arts and poetry.
Harlem Renaissance
Twain's real, full name
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Sid
The fictional Missouri city that is the main setting in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
St. Petersburg
A comparison between 2 unlike things using is or are.
Metaphor
This Langston Hughes' poem utilize similes to emphasize differences like "a raisin in the sun".
Dream Deferred
The 2 states Twain had a permanent residence/house in.
Missouri and Connecticut
Tom's legal guardian
Aunt Polly
Huckleberry Finn sought help from this group when witnessing a potential crime about to happen against the Widow.
Welchman and Sons
Giving human traits to non-human things
Personification
The primary literary device used in Walt Whitman's "I Hear America Singing".
Personification
List 3 jobs Mark Twain had.
Miscellaneous
Tom's schoolteacher
Mr. Dobbins
Using similar letters or sounds at the start of closely-connected words in a poem
Alliteration
Exaggerating literal meaning
Hyperbole
Dylan Thomas' poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" was featured in this film.
Interstellar
The route Twain took as a steamboat pilot often ended in this Louisiana city.
New Orleans
Miscellaneous
Name 4 Mark Twain books besides The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Miscellaneous
Words that replicate or imitate the sounds they make.
Onomatopoeia
The full name of the Frost poem emphasizing taking a journey in life that may not be common or the easy way.
The Road Not Taken
Twain got his first printer's apprentice job in this Nevada state capital.
Carson City
Tom's main girlfriend's dad's job
Judge Thatcher
Analyzing poetry using critical-thinking skills, in addition to locating literal meaning, is known as this process.
Poetry Explication