Poetry
Poetry Part 2
Lit. Terms
Lit. Terms Part 2
The Bluest Eye
100
Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair.
What is ALLITERATION?
100
Form.

What is the structure of a poem?

100

The way that a character looks.

What are Visual Characteristics?
100

Foreshadowing creates suspense, but Flashback adds...

What is background information?

100

Pecola's Brother's Name

What is Sammy or Sam?

200

Mood is to the reader as Tone is to...

What is the AUTHOR?

200

The pencil screamed across the page as I wrote.

What is PERSONIFICATION?

200

The elements of Streams of Consciousness.

What are the lack of punctuation and revealing inner thoughts?

200

When you cannot trust a narrative for reasons of: insanity, naivety, narrow-mindedness, etc.

What is RELIABILITY?

200

The actress the doll was modeled after that Claudia dislikes.

Who is Shirley Temple?

300

Her hair is as shiny as a copper penny.

What is SIMILE?

300

Boys only want love if it’s torture.

What is HYPERBOLE?

300

Reader’s Expectations vs. What Happens to Add Suspense

What is IRONY?

300

Least common form of narration. Uses You.

What is Second Person?

300

What is the flower the MacTeer girls plant to save Pecola's baby?

What are Marigolds?
400

"When it's cold outside, I've got the month of May."

What is ANTITHESIS?

400

The ending of each line of poetry with similar ending sounds.

What is RHYME SCHEME?

400

A woman in the 18th century would behave differently from a woman in the 21st century.

What is a historical or cultural setting?

400

The stage of life does Fall represents in literature.

What is Old Age?

400

Elihue Micah Whitcomb

What is Soaphead Church's real name?

500

Refers to word order, and the way in which it works with grammatical structures.

What is SYNTAX?

500

I must be cruel only to be kind (Hamlet III.IV.181)

What is PARADOX?

500
The idea that a theme or symbol can be applied to multiple people and situations.

What is universal?

500

Writing technique used to show vivid details in writing.

What is Showing vs. Telling?

500

The idea that innocence is a privilege, not a given.

What is a THEME of the novel?