Literary Terms
What is it called when a writer uses action words or sounds in their writing.
What is Onomatopoeia?
What literary device can be found in these lyrics?
Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and slow"
What is Alliteration?
What literary device can be found in the lyrics below?
‘Cause, baby, you‘re a firework
Come on, show ’em what you‘re worth
What is a metaphor?
What step comes before the climax in the plot diagram?
What is rising action?
What literary device can be found in the passage below?
“Night's Plutonian shore,” the Roman god of the underworld."
What is an allusion?
These are phrases that use two opposite words to describe one thing.
What is an Oxymoron?
What type of literary device is in the following lyrics?
‘that you were Romeo, you were throwing
Pebbles
And my Daddy
Said ‘ stay away from
Juliet’
What is an allusion?
Solve the riddle:
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Your word
What is the part where characters and setting are introduced Most importantly, we are introduced to the main problem.
What is exposition?
Fun Fact: The Bible is the most shoplifted book of all time in the U.S.
What literary device is present?
What is Situational Irony?
This is used when an object is used to signify/represent something else.
What is Symbolism?
What literary device is in the following lyric?
Mirror on the wall, here we are again
Through my rise and fall
You’ve been only friend
You told me that they can understand the man I am
So why are we here talkin’ to each other again
What is a symbol?
What literary device is used to give descriptions to the reader, using the five senses?
What is Imagery?
The series of events that tie up the loose ends of the story. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of.
What is Falling Action?
Which literary device is used as a form of common communication amongst people who may speak different languages?
What are symbols?
This is the attitude or feeling that a writer conveys about a subject or audience.
What is Tone?
What literary device is listed below?
Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
What is personification?
What is the following an example of?
Do I have to tell you a million times to stop?
What is hyperbole?
What is plot?
What literary device can be found in the example below?
The moment that Romeo ingests the poison, thinking his beloved Juliet to be dead, the audience knows that Juliet is very much alive. The letter announcing her plans to fake her own death never arrived to Romeo, thus keeping him from knowing the truth while the audience is aware of it.
What is dramatic irony?
This is a contradiction between appearance and reality.
What is Irony?
What literary device is present in the lyrics below?
You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
Quit snoopin’ ’round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain’t gonna feed you no more
What is metaphor?
Solve the riddle:
Forward, I am heavy; backward, I am not. What am I?
A ton.
If a character has anxiety? What are the experiencing?
*Hint we do not need the symptoms of anxiety.
What are the three types of irony?