Poetry Terms
the emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker or narrator towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
"Othello" by William Shakespeare falls under this specific genre of writing.
What is a play?
A literary element we should NOT write about in any FRQ essay.
What is conflict?
The number of questions on the multiple choices portion of the exam.
What is 50-55 Questions?
A certain number of lines grouped together.
What is stanza?
This motif repeated itself through the novel,
"Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
What is the horizon?
The total amount of points you can earn on an FRQ.
What is 6 points?
The number if essays and the total amount of time you have to write them.
What is 3 Essays in 2 hours?
the repitition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
What is alliteration?
This is a symbol of love and loyalty between Desdemona and Othello.
What is the handkerchief?
This is essential to include in your thesis for all FRQs and usually comes at the end of your thesis.
What is a theme or universal idea?
An important method to employ if you notice you are running out of time.
What is, "don't leave anything blank?"
a specific type of 14-line poem with a particular structure and rhyme scheme. That last two lines are a rhyming couplet.
What is a Shakespearean Sonnet?
a change in the author's or speaker's attitude or mood towards a subject or character. This makes your speaker/narrator complex.
What is tone shift?
This character underwent a significant physical transformation after feeling lonely and trapped in his life for so long.
(Looking for the name of the protagonist and the title of the text, AND the name of the author).
Who is Gregor in "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka?
What are literary devices?
The advice Ms. B gave you yesterday when approaching the pacing and order of the FRQs.
What is, "Start with the FRQ3, and then choose the essay you understand the most, leave the one you understand the least for last."?
combines two contradictory or opposite words to create a paradoxical or ironic effect.
What is oxymoron?
two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
What is juxtaposition?
Iago in "Othello" had several solo speeches with no audience.
What is a soliloquy?
You are often asked to analyze a character, speaker, or narrator's ______________.
What is complexity?
What is indirect evidence? Or specific scenes.