Literary Devices
What term refers to the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences?
Anaphora
What is the term for the repetition of the same consonant sounds in close proximity?
Consonance
What is the term for the shift in thought or argument that occurs in a sonnet
The volta
What is a concise statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay?
The thesis
What is the term for a recurring symbol, character, landscape, or event found in myths and literature across different cultures and eras?
Archetypes
What is the term for a statement that appears to be self-contradictory but may include a latent truth?
Paradox
What poetic device refers to a pause in a line of verse, usually marked by punctuation?
Caesura
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
What are words or phrases used to link one idea to the next, providing coherence and structure in an essay?
What term describes the path taken by a main character in literature, often involving challenges, trials, and a transformation?
What device is used when words are placed in close proximity with each other for comparison or contrast?
Juxtaposition
What term describes a figure of speech where a word or phrase represents something else, often an abstract concept?
Symbolism
What is the term for the grouping of four lines in a Shakespearean sonnet?
Quatrain
What term refers to the writer's unique style, tone, and point of view in an essay?
Voice
What is the term for a character who serves as a guide, teacher, or mentor to the protagonist?
The Mentor
What term describes a figure of speech that makes a reference to, or representation of, people, places, events, literary work, myths, or works of art?
Allusion
What term refers to a discrepancy between appearances and reality?
Irony
What is the term for the concluding two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet?
Couplet
What is the term for the opening line of your essay?
What is the term for a character who uses wit, cleverness, or deception to disrupt the status quo?
The Trickster
Hinting at or suggesting future events or outcomes in a narrative.
Foreshadowing
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words or syllables.
Alliteration
How many syllables are in five iambs?
10
What are the three major elements within a good thesis?
Literary devices
Claim
Universal idea
What does spring generally symbolize in literature?
Rebirth