Literary Terms
This term describes a contrast between what is said and what is meant.
What is verbal irony?
A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme, often written in iambic pentameter.
What is a sonnet?
“It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.”
Who is Jane (The Yellow Wallpaper)?
Always include this sentence in your thesis to answer the prompt clearly.
What is a defensible claim?
This Shakespeare tragedy follows the downfall of a Venetian general.
What is Othello?
A character that highlights traits of another character through contrast.
What is a foil?
In poetry, this term describes the speaker's attitude toward the subject.
What is tone?
“You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That’s what Papa used to say.”
What is Fences by August Wilson?
The method of pulling specific language and analyzing it closely.
What is close reading or textual analysis?
This novel features the characters a man who goes through a life changing transformation.
What is The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka?
Words that mimic their sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
What is a Euphemism?
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
What is Animal Farm by George Orwell?
In this FRQ you use an excerpt from a novel to pull evidence from for your commentary.
What is a FRQ prose question?
In this epic poem, the fall of Adam and Eve and the war in heaven is retold through blank verse.
What is Paradise Lost by John Milton?
When inanimate objects or abstract ideas are given human characteristics.
What is personification?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is an alliteration?
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey'd monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.”
What is Othello by William Shakespeare?
A strong conclusion in an FRQ should do this.
What is reassert your thesis and explain its significance?
Shakespeare's play about juvenile love and a tragic ending.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
A reference to a well-known work of art, literature, or history.
What is an allusion?
What is an allegory?
DAILY DOUBLE! "Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful."
What is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley?
This kind of evidence is stronger than summary in an essay.
What is embedded, cited textual evidence?
A dystopian novel about Big Brother and limited freedoms.
What is 1984 by George Orwell?