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Literary Terms
Applied Literary Terms
MLA
Poetry Terms
Applied Poetry Terms
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A character who remains the same throughout the entire story.
What is a static character?
100
"The walls were made of dark stone, dimly lit by torches. Empty benches rose on either side of him, but ahead, in the highest benches of all, were many shadowy figures." is an example of this literary term. (Hint: Not Sensory Details)
What is Setting?
100
When using parenthetical (in-text) citations in the body of your paper, the period always goes here.
What is after the citation? (Harrison 89).
100
The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
What is Alliteration?
100
"The moon winked at me through the clouds above" is an example of which type of figurative language.
What is personification?
200
A method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of a single character, while other characters are presented only externally.
What is Third Person Limited Point of View?
200
"The ship sank. It made a sound like a monstrous metallic burp. Things bubbled at the surface and then vanished. Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart. From the lifeboat I saw something in the water." The type of conflict best represented in the passage above.
What is Man vs. Nature?
200
The page that contains all the resources cited within a work and is organized in alphabetical order with a hanging indent is called this.
What is a Works Cited page?
200
Words that represent sounds.
What is an onomatopoeia?
200
"Ralph’s reindeer rose rapidly and ran round the room" is an example of this Sound Device.
What is Alliteration?
300
List the different types of sensory details/imagery.
What is Sight, Sound, Taste, Touch, Smell?
300
"The roar began at the back of the crowd and swept like fire in heavy growing crescendo until it seemed to toss thousands of hats above their heads. The band in the courtyard struck up the Mexican national air, and Villa came walking down the street." is this type of Point of View...
What is Third Person Objective?
300
The difference between a summary and a paraphrase.
What is a summary takes a large chunk of information and shrinks it down to something more manageable while paraphrasing is simply changing the wording around but leaving the length the same.
300
An extreme exaggeration to create an effect.
What is a Hyperbole.
300
“I must confess that in my quest I felt depressed and restless" best represents this sound device.
What is Assonance?
400
Define Theme.
The main lesson of a story or a poem that the author wants the reader to learn.
400
“The patient boy and quiet girl were both well mannered and did not disobey their mother.” is an example of this type of characterization.
What is Direct Characterization?
400
The date on the MLA paper should be formatted like this.
What is Day Month Year?
400
The difference between an implied metaphor and a direct metaphor.
What is a Direct Metaphor directly compares two things using the words "is" or "are" and an Implied Metaphor creates a more subtle comparison by not directly stating what is being compared?
400
"Jennifer purred over the lavish present" is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is Implied Metaphor?
500
The five methods of Indirect Characterization.
What are "Speech, Thoughts, Effects on Other, Actions, and Looks"
500
"Elaine never cuts anybody a break. She tells her friends and coworkers that charity and compassion have no place in society. On the other hand, Elaine can never pass up feeding a stray kitten or puppy, and always tries to find a good home for lost or abandoned pets." Elaine is an example of this type of character.
What is a Round Character?
500
The four pieces of submission information you need in the upper left hand corner of you MLA research paper (IN ORDER!)
What is Your Name, Teacher's Name, The Class, The Date?
500
The repetition of vowel sounds within words.
What is Assonance?
500
"He stood on the road and cried" is an example of this Sound Device.
What is Consonance?