Poetry
A pair of rhyming lines
What is a couplet?
The author tells us directly what the character is like.
What is direct characterization?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
What is alliteration?
someone says one thing but means another
What is verbal irony?
exaggerated figure of speech
What is hyperbole?
unrhymed poetry
What is free verse?
A character struggles within herself.
What is internal conflict?
POW ZAP BANG
What is onomatopoeia?
a short story that teaches a moral
What is a parable?
Tea Cake to Janie, Robert Walton to Victor, the Boy to the Man
What is a foil?
4 lines of poetry
What is a quatrain?
Man vs. man, man vs. nature
What is external conflict?
jumbo shrimp
What is an oxymoron?
a work that makes fun of another piece of work
What is parody?
A figure of speech in which a person, place, or thing is referred ti by something closely associated with it. Ex. "We requested the crown support for petition."
What is metonymy?
The President is a lame duck who is running out of gas.
What is a mixed metaphor?
A character that has only one or two personality traits.
What is a flat character?
"gonna" used in everyday language.
What is colloquialism?
19th century writing that depicts life as it is
What is realism?
calling out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place or thing, or a personified abstract idea
What is apostrophe?
I like to see it lap the miles.
What is an implied metaphor?
A character that changes in some important way.
What is a dynamic character?
repeat vowel sounds
What is assonance?
a reference to another piece of literature
What is allusion?
informal spoken language rather than a dictionary definition
What is colloquialism?