Jeopardy - AP Lit

Language

100

A direct comparison using "like" and "as"

What is a simile

200

Done multiple times for emphasis

What is repetition

300

A figure of speech that directly equates two things

What is a metaphor

400

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

What is Hyperbole

500

A part representing the whole

What is synecdoche?

Sound

100

BOOM, POW, WHAM

What is onomatopoeia?

200

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

What is alliteration?

300

Repeated phrase or sound at the beginning of successive lines or clauses

What is anaphora?

400

Repetition of vowel sounds within words

What is assonance?

500

Smooth pleasant arrangements of sounds using soft consonants and vowels

What is euphony?

Structure

100

A group of lines in a poem

What is stanza?

200

When a sentence or phrase continues beyond the end of a line without punctuation

What is enjambment?

300

Poem written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

What is blank verse?

400

A shift or rhetorical "turn" in a poem

What is volta?

500

19-line form includes repeating lines and a set rhyme scheme of ABA 4X ABAA

What is villanelle?

Types of Poems

100

14-line poem written in iambic pentameter

What is sonnet?

200

Japanese form with a 5-7-5 syllable structure

What is haiku?

300

Poem that mourns the dead

What is an elegy?

400

Five-line humorous poem with AABBA rhyme scheme

What is limerick?

500

A narrative poem, often passed down orally

What is a ballad?

Name the Device

100

"The water is like a man moving."

What is Personification?

200

"I must be cruel to be kind."

What is paradox?

300

"Freedom is just another cage with nicer bars."

What is Irony?

400

"Victory, you are mine!"

What is Apostrophe?

500

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

What is metonymy?