Middle School
A word which represents a sound
What is onomatopoeia?
The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of a sentences
What is anaphora?
The perspective of a story
What is POV?
“The river, reflecting the clear blue of the sky, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on."
What is mood?
Brutus: “Peace! Count the clock.”
Cassius: “The clock has stricken three.”
From Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
What is an anachronism?
When non-human nouns are given human-like qualities.
What is personification?
What is a motif?
Something that is out of place in time
What is an anachronism?
Father: “We are going on a vacation.”
Son: “That’s great!!!”
vs
Father: “We can’t go on vacation this summer.”
Son: “Yeah, great! That’s what I expected.”
What is tone?
"There is a season – turn, turn, turn
And a time to every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep"
By the Byrds
What is anaphora?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
A hint at what is to come
What is foreshadowing?
Words which contradict one another
What is an oxymoron?
“I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
From "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
What is mood?
A direct comparison which does not use like or as
What is a metaphor?
A scene which takes place before the story begins
What is a flashback?
When the opposite happens or is said
What is irony?
“My father was a St. Bernard, my mother was a collie, but I am a Presbyterian. This is what my mother told me, I do not know these nice distinctions myself."
By Mark Twain
What is anthropomorphism?
"Her hair, like golden threads, play’d with her breath."
By Shakespeare
What is a simile?
What is symbolism?
A brief reference to a well-known literary, cultural, or political significance
What is an allusion?
A three part logical argument to arrive at a conclusion
What is a syllogism?
"The color is repellant, almost revolting; a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow-turning sunlight.
It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others. No wonder the children hated it! I should hate it myself if I had to live in this room long."
From "The Yellow Wallpaper" by C.P. Gilman
What is imagery?
“So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be.”
to
“I’d like to get away from earth awhile, and then come back to it and begin over.”
From "Birches" by Robert Frost
What is a flashback?