Giving human traits or qualities to things that are not human.
What is personification?
100
The novel Speak follows the rape, recovery, and confession of this girl.
Who is Melinda Sordino?
100
A poem with no visible pattern or structure.
What is a free verse poem?
100
Two fueding families
Who are the Montagues and the Capulets?
100
Brings closure to the reader, sums up your points, and gives your final perspective on your topic.
What is a conclusion?
200
Comparsion of two things using the words "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
Narrator of the novel The Outsiders. He is interested in academics, which sets him apart from the rest of the gang.
Who is Ponyboy Curtis?
200
A long narrative poem that records the adventures of a hero. An example is The Odyssey.
What is an epic?
200
13 year old chracter who is child-like in Romeo & Juliet.
Who is Juliet?
200
Used to show the origin of information in your essay that is not in your own words.
What is citing your sources?
300
The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning or a literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
What is irony?
300
Native who works as a pearl diver in The Pearl. His mission is to break free from the oppression of colonial society.
Who is Kino?
300
The pattern established by the arrangement of rhymes in a stanza or poem, generally described by using letters of the alphabet to show the recurrence of rhyming lines
What is a rhyme scheme?
300
At the beginning of the play this person wants to marry Juliet.
Who is Paris?
300
Genre in which the author tries to get readers to agree with a position.
What is a persuasive essay?
400
Use of hints or clues in a story to suggest what is going to happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
400
The last names of the two fueding families in Romeo and Juliet.
What is Capulet and Montague?
400
Type of poetry that is written as a highly musical verse. Usually expresses a speaker's personal thoughts and feelings.
What is lyric poetry?
400
Term is used to describe Romeo and Juliet in the prologue.
What is star crossed lovers?
400
A sentence or two in an essay that contains your focus for the essay and tells your readers what your essay is going to be about.
What is a thesis?
500
Using an object or reference to represent something deeper in a work of literature.
What is symbolism?
500
God who struck Odysseus's ship in The Odyssey.
Who is Zeus?
500
Poets often use this when writing poetry, in which words or phrases are repeated within a line or stanza in poetry.
What is repetition?
500
In act II, Romeo and Juliet do this, which shows their rebelliousness.