Literary Devices
This device describes a poem that repeats the same phrase at the beginning of multiple lines.
What is anaphora?
This is is a lyric praise poem addressed to a particular subject. Traditionally, it is intended to be sung.
What is an ode?
This god is Polyphemus' father.
Who is Poseidon?
A) Taylor grows in multiple ways throughout The Bean Trees, which Barbara Kingsolver highlights throughout the book, especially when she writes about Taylor's relationship with Turtle.
B) Though Taylor struggles with self-identity throughout most of The Bean Trees, she ultimately comes to understand herself as a strong, caring young woman through her maternal connection with Turtle.
What is B?
The word used to describe the "coming of age" genre consists of these two German words. Include word and definition.
"Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore" is an example of this literary device.
What is alliteration?
Matthew Olzmann wrote a love poem to his wife, Vievee Francis, disguised as a commercial for this product.
What is mountain dew?
Athena describes herself as this figure when she first visits Telemachus.
Who is Mentor?
These are the POVs represented in TBT.
What are first person and third person omniscient?
If "objective" describes a lack of bias in our perspective, this word implies the presence of bias.
What is "subjective?"
These two poetic devices describe the two ways a poem's line may end.
What are end-stopped and enjambment?
This poet is famous for the line, "Quoth the Raven 'Nevermore.'”
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
This God of Wind provides Odysseus with a west wind to carry him and his men home to Ithaca.
Who is Aeolus?
In Chapter 16, Esperanza gives this to Turtle and tells Taylor she knows Turtle will grow up happy.
What is Esperanza's St. Christopher medallion?
This word refers to a “list of authors or works considered to be central to the identity of a given literary tradition or culture. This secular use of the word is derived from its original meaning as a listing of all authorized books in the Bible” (Poetry Foundation).
What is the literary canon?
This refers to the basic rhythmic structure of a poem.
What is meter?
The 20th century American poet Elizabeth Bishop wrote the poem, "A Miracle for _______."
What is "Breakfast?"
This person cleverly utters the words, "Nobody—that’s my name."
Who is Odysseus?
On the way to the lake at the Cherokee Nation, Taylor gets worried when Turtle looks out the window and shouts “Mama.” What does Turtle do that eventually makes Taylor understand the fate of Turtle's mother?
What is burying her doll?
What is one possible historical barrier to an author's inclusion in the literary canon?
What is....
Racist, classist, sexist, etc. oppression?
Allusion is an indirect reference to something outside the written work.
What is allusion?
In the final lines of John Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn," he asserts the following:
"Beauty is _____, ______ beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
What is truth?
In Penelope’s archery contest, through how many axes must Odysseus fire his arrow?
What is 12?
Fill in the blank: "We looked where she was pointing. Some of the wisteria flowers had gone to seed, and all these wonderful long green pods hung down from the branches. They looked as much like beans as anything you’d ever care to eat. “Will you look at that,” I said. It was another ________. The flower trees were turning into bean trees."
What is "miracle?"
In 1989, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined this term, which describes the interconnected nature of identity, as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women.
What is "intersectionality?"