Literary Terms
Literary Terms
Poetry
Time Periods
Grammar/Writing Mechanics
100

A figure of speech in which humanlike qualities are assigned to animals, things, or ideas.

What is personification?

100

There are two "d's" that must be present in your narrative.  What are they?

What are sensory details and dialogue?

100

Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December

The r sounds at the end of the two words

What is consonance?

100

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?

100

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?

200

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?

200

A comparison of two unlike things without a modifier (like or as)

What is a metaphor?

200

A series of lines in a poem; similar to a paragraph in prose

What is a stanza?

200

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?

200

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?

300

An extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.

What is hyperbole?

300

The author uses figurative or descriptive language to create a mental picture of the scene in the reader's head.

What is imagery?

300

The repetition of similar vowel sounds within a line of poetry. Example: Men sell the wedding bells.

What is assonance?

300

Literature from this time period focused on everyday, low-middle class characters and often featured common speech.  Real life, real events.

What is Realism?

300

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.

400

A thing in literature that represents or stands for something else.

What is a symbol?

400

The part of the plot diagram where the events begin to unfold

What is the rising action?

400
In poetry, the repetition of certain important words is most often used for this reason.

What is to emphasize or clarify?

400

The time period that revealed the dangerous and sometimes disgusting working conditions of the meat-packing industry.

What is Realism?

400

The authors' names should be ordered in this way on a works cited page or bibliography.

What is in alphabetical order by last name?

500

A reference in literature from another literary work, time period, or historical event.

What is an allusion?

500

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?

500

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)

500

___________ emphasized imagination over reason; included gothic literature

What is Romanticism?

500

Which should NOT be hyphenated?

 1) off-campus apartment 2)co-star 3)back-pack 4)ex-wife

What is backpack?