Literary Terms
A figure of speech in which humanlike qualities are assigned to animals, things, or ideas.
What is personification?
There are two "d's" that must be present in your narrative. What are they?
What are sensory details and dialogue?
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December
The r sounds at the end of the two words
What is consonance?
Most of the literature from this time period has been passed down through oral storytelling, as there was no written language.
What is Native American/Early American literature?
This is the first thing that will be listed in a citation for a source on a Works Cited page.
What is author's last name?
The repetitive use of the same consonant sound at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence. Example: Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
A comparison of two unlike things without a modifier (like or as)
What is a metaphor?
A series of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph in prose
What is a stanza?
Writers from this time period, including Jonathan Edwards, William Bradford, and Anne Bradstreet, share religious enlightenment and provide a history of the time. The people believed in Predestination.
What is Puritanism?
The use of the same grammatical form when writing a series or list. Example: Alice ran into the room, into the garden, and into our hearts.
What is parallelism/parallel structure?
An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is hyperbole?
The author uses figurative or descriptive language to create a mental picture of the scene in the reader's head.
What is imagery?
The repetition of similar vowel sounds within a line of poetry. Example: Men sell the wedding bells.
What is assonance?
Literature from this time period focused on everyday, low-middle class characters and often featured common speech. Real life, real events.
What is Realism?
Correct the two mistakes in the following sentence:
Sugar, flour and eggs is needed for this recipe.
What is:
Sugar, flour, and eggs are needed for this recipe.
A thing in literature that represents or stands for something else.
What is a symbol?
The part of the plot diagram where the events begin to unfold
What is the rising action?
What is to emphasize or clarify?
The time period that revealed the dangerous and sometimes disgusting working conditions of the meat-packing industry.
What is Realism?
The authors' names should be ordered in this way on a works cited page or bibliography.
What is in alphabetical order by last name?
A reference in literature from another literary work, time period, or historical event.
What is an allusion?
The process by which a character's personality traits are revealed through the way he or she acts, dresses, and/or speaks.
What is indirect characterization?
Identify two examples of sound devices in this line:
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas
alliteration (scuttling silent seas)
assonance (scuttling of, the seas)
consonance (floors, seas)
___________ emphasized imagination over reason; included gothic literature
What is Romanticism?
Which should NOT be hyphenated?
1) off-campus apartment 2)co-star 3)back-pack 4)ex-wife
What is backpack?