Types
What is intertextuality?
The relationship between texts.
What is this an example of, 'Chocolate is my Kryptonite'?
Allusion
What is an example of a simile?
Uses 'as' or 'like' to compare two things
'Lightning danced across do the sky.' What device is this an example of?
Personification
What is the literary device that involves intentionally using a word or phrase for effect, two or more times in a speech or written work?
Repetition
What is explicit intertextuality?
When the author directly mentions or specifically alludes to, quotes or references another work in their work.
What type of device is The Lion King?
Adaptation
"My brother is a pig" is an example of what device?
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example?
A word that sounds like the word it describes, e.g. clap, zap, boom, pitter-patter.
What is implicit intertextuality?
When the author alludes to another text through ideas, symbols, genre or style.
An imitation of another text for satirical purpose; usually to mock
Parody
Symbolism
Alliteration
"All for one, and one for all" is an example of what?
Cliche
What is optional intertextuality?
When an author alludes to another text, but prior knowledge is not necessary for understanding but can add to it.
Martin Lurther King Jr. said, "I have a dream". What device is this an example of?
Quotation
"She smelled the scent of sweet hibiscus wafting through the air". This is an example of what device?
Imagery
What device is defined as a pair of successive lines of verse, typically rhyming and of the same length.
Couplet
"Feeling under the weather" is an example of what? (Hint 'bad blood' is another example')
What is obligatory intertextuality?
When the author deliberately references another work and needs prior knowledge of the reference to understand or 'grasp' the link
Queen's "Thing Called Love" is an example of what device?
Pastiche
Define theme and give an example.
E.g. Love, resilience, appearence vs reality.
In poetry/songs what are a group or two or more lines called?
Stanza
What is ekphrastic poetry?
A poem written about works of visual art