Poetry
What is a poem that tells a story called?
What is a narrative poem?
What is a central idea or message in a piece of literature called?
What is themes?
What is the device that gives human qualities to non-human things?
For example, The wind whispered secrets.
What is personification?
What are the main components that make up a story or poem?
What are literary elements?
What is a question asked for effect rather than an answer? For example, people ask questions they don't need the answer to?
What is a rhetorical question?
Name two common forms of poetry.
What are sonnets and haikus? (Answers may vary!)
Name a common theme found in many poems. For example, "Your smile, a sunbeam, bright and clear, chases away every doubt and fear. Your love, a gentle, guiding light, illuminates my darkest, lonely night."
What is love or nature?
What do we call an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally? For example, these shoes are killing me!
What is hyperbole?
What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?
What is setting?
In its simplest form, involves using the same word, phrase, or clause multiple times in a text or speech.
What is repetition?
What is the term for the repetition of sounds at the end of lines in poetry?
For example, summer is almost here, you're almost in the clear!
What is rhyme?
How can a reader identify the theme of this sample poem? On the cliffs of The Acreage, where the Florida sun dips low, Stands the keeper's shack, where the ocean's song does flow.
By analyzing the characters, setting, and events.
What is the term for comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
What is point of view?
I had to put in extra time and sweat just as hard as any other elite athlete. Is an example of which rhetorical appeal?
What is the use of language to evoke sensory experiences in poetry?
What is imagery?
What theme often explores the struggle between good and evil? For example, the city sleeps, a silent, weary beast, but in my heart, a storm won't find its peace , outside, the neon lights, a blurry haze, reflect the turmoil in my troubled gaze.
What is the conflict theme?
What literary device involves the use of words that sound alike but have different meanings?
What is a pun?
What is the term for the main character in a work of literature?
What is the protagonist?
What is "Boo!" an example of?
Onomatopoeia
The sonnet form (14 lines, specific rhyme scheme and meter) contributes to the poem's musicality (think songs, rap) and structure, making it an effective example of?
What is a lyric poem?
What is the theme that focuses on the passage of time and its effects? For example, the clock hands dance, a dizzying blur, marking moments, a subtle stir. Each second gone, a whisper lost, a memory fading, a heavy cost.
What is the theme of mortality?
What is the device that contrasts two opposing ideas in a poem? For example, the wealthy, glamorous character with a poor, struggling one emphasize social inequality.
What is juxtaposition?
Snow White's main enemy is the Evil Queen, also known as Queen Grimhilde in the Disney animated film. The evil Queen Grimhilde character is defined as a?
What is an antagonist?
The weapon that was used to commit a crime was found at the police station, but the police officers were not involved with the crime? What fallacy is this?
What is a red herring fallacy?