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Poetic Devices 1
Poetic Devices 2
Figurative Language
Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
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Using lists in a poem or written work.
What is catalog?
100
Repeating specific lines or words frequently in a poem.
What is repetition?
100
The use of words to appeal to the five senses: sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch.
What is imagery?
100
Comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is simile?
100
When the narrator tells the story through the eyes of one of the main characters.
What is first person?
200
When multiple words in a line start with the same consonant sound.
What is alliteration?
200
When a poem doesn't follow any specific rhyme or structure.
What is free verse?
200
Comparing two unlike things without using a verbal clue.
What is metaphor?
200
When the narrator is an "over-the-shoulder" camera that can get into the thoughts and feelings of one or two characters.
What is third person omniscient?
200
The setting, cultural context, and history of a story.
What is setting?
300
Repeated consonant sounds at the end of consecutive words.
What is consonance?
300
When multiple consecutive words feature the same vowel sound in the middle or end of the word.
What is assonance?
300
The use of extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
300
How the author feels about his subject.
What is tone?
300
Referencing a well known historic or mythic figure to enhance a point.
What is allusion?
400
When the words at the end of each line have a rhyming pattern.
What is end rhyme?
400
When stanzas consist of exactly four lines.
What is quatrain?
400
Attributing human qualities to inhuman objects.
What is personification?
400
The use of a physical object to represent an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
400
The intended lesson that a story is supposed to impart in its reader.
What is theme?
500
The rhyming of words within a line.
What is internal rhyme?
500
When the poet uses words that sound alike buy don't actually rhyme.
What is slant rhyme?
500
Words that are actually a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
When the entirety of a work is an extended symbol of a greater idea.
What is allegory?
500
When something is expected to happen in a story, but something completely different happens.
What is situational irony?