Literary/Rhetorical Devices
Author's Purpose
Elements of Plot
Poetry
100

Name the 3 kinds of irony

Dramatic, Verbal, situational

100
when an author writes for someone to enjoy it
What is entertain
100

What the main character is typically called in a story

What is the protagonist?

100

What is a Quatrain

A stanza with 4 lines

200
a figure of speech in which an object or animal is spoken of as it had human feelings, thoughts or attitudes
What is personification?
200
when an author tries to convince the reader to believe in something
What is persuade
200

What the villain or conflict character is typically called in a story

What is Antagonist?

200

where do you find the theme in a sonnet?

The couplet at the end

300

What is a rhetorical question

a question that isn't meant to be answered

300
when an author wants you to know something or teach you about something
What is inform
300

What the main problem of a story is called

What is conflict?

300

What is the rhyme scheme for a sonnet?


DAILY DOUBLEE!!!!!!!!!!

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

400

NAME. THAT. IRONY! A life guard drowns at a pool party

Situational Irony

400
Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed. The author's purpose is to?
What is entertain?
400
the chain of related events that tells us what happens in a story
What is plot?
400

Name three kinds of poems we talked about yesterday

sonnets

villanelles

epics

odes

500
a reference to something in current events, on TV, in history, in literature, and so on
What is an allusion?
500
The giant panda is a bearlike animal that has thick white fur with black markings on its ears, limbs, shoulders, and around its eyes. The giant panda feeds on bamboo forests at high altitudes in western China. It also eats bulbs, roots, eggs, and some small mammals. The cubs are born in late winter. The giant panda is an endangered species and is protected by the Chinese government. Purpose?
What is inform?
500

The solution to the conflict

What is resolution?

500

What is a sonnet? (there are 4 pieces you need to have)

14 lines

3 Quatrains and a couplet

Fixed rhythm and rhyme scheme

10 syllables per line, 5 stressed, 5 unstressed