Form & Structure
What is a poem in which the first letter of each line spells out a word when read vertically?
Acrostic
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" is an example of:
Alliteration
Christina Rossetti wrote, "My heart is like a singing bird," which is a:
Simile
What is the purpose of exposition in a story?
Provide background info & narrative setup
What term describes when a character trusts someone who the audience knows is lying?
Irony (specifically, dramatic irony)
A poem with five lines rhyming AABBA that is traditionally funny, bawdy, or rude is a:
Limerick
The close repetition of vowel sounds in nearby words is:
Assonance
Emily Dickinson's line, "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" is an example of:
Metaphor
If a book is written in second person perspective, what pronouns would it use?
You, yours, etc.
Which term describes a rule-following character paired with a character who constantly breaks the rules?
Character foil
What kind of poem uses visual presentation or physical shape to enhance its message/effect?
Concrete
What is the unit of measure in a metrical line of poetry called?
Foot
"Lightning danced across the sky" is an example of:
Personification
What element involves the use of clues or hints to suggest what will happen later in the story?
Foreshadowing
The hero, the wise mentor, the mother figure and the damsel (in distress) are examples of which element?
Archetypes
In a poem, continuing a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without a grammatical break is called:
Enjambment
When Edgar Allen Poe wrote, "What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird," what kind of literary device did he use?
Consonance
“He cried a river after he got dumped” is an example of a:
Hyperbole
What is it called when a story goes back in time to a previous event?
Flashback
In a poem written from the perspective of an inanimate object reflecting on how it is used, who is the speaker?
The inanimate object
This kind of poem consists of 14 lines (three quatrains and a couplet) following the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg
Sonnet (English/Shakespearean)
What is it called when a poem repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of each line?
Anaphora
What type of literary device is used here? "Winning a few games is not the worst thing that could happen to our team."
Litotes
How does a story’s “climax” differ from “conflict”?
The conflict is the problem or struggle driving the plot, while the climax is where that conflict reaches a turning point (often the highest point of narrative tension)
A storm appears repeatedly at moments of emotional conflict. What type of literary device could this be?
Motif