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Poetry Terms
General Lit Terms
Character
Style
Figurative Language
100
the narrative voice of the poem.
What is the speaker?
100
the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
100

One who does not change much or very stereotypically throughout the course of a story

What is static character?

100

the choice in words to portray a specific theme or meaning

What is diction?

100
a basic comparison of two generally unlike things that produced insight.
What is metaphor?
200
a combination of sounds that produces a harsh or discordant effect.
What is cacophony?
200
the author's choice of words based on their exact or connotative meaning for effect.
What is diction?
200

the purpose is to contrast another character, sometimes physically but mostly in characterization

What is a foil?

200

give an example of a dynamic character

answers vary

200

the author intentionally leaving information out for the reader to draw conclusions from

What is ambiguity?

300
the repetition of vowel sounds: “which din dims the light.”
What is assonance?
300
what a word suggests beyond its denotative (precise or dictionary) meaning, including social or emotional connections.
What is connotation?
300

a character who has multiple dimensions, shows complexity and growth

What is round character?

300

serious in purpose and convention (no slang, contractions; no idioms).

What is formal?

300

a figure of speech in an exaggeration is used to make a point

What is hyperbole?

400

a long, narrative poem that focuses on a heroic character to embody the values of a specific society

What is EPIC poetry?

400

a suggestion of what plot points could come, sometimes missed on a first read-through. Clever clues.

What is foreshadowing?

400

one who struggles against the protagonist and causes conflict

What is antagonist?
400

give an example of a foil

Answers vary

400

a discrepancy between appearance and reality, such as verbal, situational, and dramatic.

What is irony?
500

the stressed and unstressed syllables in a piece of work

What is rhythm?

500

a reference to someone or something known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to another work. 

What is allusion?

500

the reason for behavior

What is character motivation?
500

a story told through the third person with all-knowing, such as Death from The Book Thief 

What is omniscient POV?
500

the feeling of uncertainty and curiosity built in the story

What is suspense?