Poetry & Figurative Language
When a non-human entity is given human-like qualities, this is called ______________________.
Personification
Symbol
Alliteration
An author's purpose is their reason for writing. An author's purpose may be to _________, ___________, or ____________.
Persuade, inform, entertain
____________ is what an author wants the reader to take away from a text. It may be something we learn or something we're asked to consider.
Theme
This comparison happens when one thing is said to (quite literally) be another thing.
Metaphor
This is a literary device authors use to hint at what will happen later in the story. It often creates a sense of unease for the reader.
Foreshadowing
The person talking to us in a poem is referred to as the...
Speaker
The three major components of an essay are...
The introduction, body, and conclusion.
What is an unreliable narrator? Bonus points if you can give me an example from something we read last year.
An unreliable narrator cannot be trusted due to a history of lying or mental illness. An example might be Montresor from The Cask of Amontillado.
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
This is the way a text makes the reader feel
Mood
Poems are divided into sections called...
Stanzas
This sentence effectively summarizes your argument or main point and lists supporting reasons. You find this in the introduction of your essay.
Thesis statement
A body of work comprised of dialogue and stage directions is called a...
Play or drama
This type of poetry consists of twelve lines with an ABABCDCDEFEF rhyme scheme and ends in a rhyming couplet (GG).
Sonnet
Any language that appeals to our sense of sight, smell, touch, taste, or hearing
Sensory language
The act of making margin comments, highlighting, underlining, and otherwise marking up a poem is called...
Annotating or annotation
When a writer quotes the text or source material they're responding to, this is called...
Citing evidence, citation
Language used to have a specific persuasive effect on a reader is referred to as...
Rhetoric
When a text references something that exists outside the world of that text
Allusion
This is the author's attitude in a piece of text. "It's not what you say, it's how you say it."
Tone
The repetition of similar consonant sounds is called _______________. The repetition of similar vowel sounds is called _____________.
Consonance, assonance
When a writer points out an argument from the opposite side and discredits this, this is called...
Addressing the opposition, counter-argument
What is iambic pentameter, and what does it mimic the sound of?
It's a line of poetry with ten syllables, in an alternating unstressed/stressed pattern. Mimics the sound of a heartbeat.