A literary device that evokes certain feelings in the reader.
What is mood
100
Repetition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together in a poem
What is alliteration
100
Figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as"
What is metaphor
100
Word choice; the words used in a piece of writing
What is diction
100
A play on words wherein a word is used to convey two meanings at the same time
What is a pun
200
Indicates the author's attitudes or feelings about what they have written.
What is tone
200
Language that appeals to the senses
What is imagery
200
A lyric poem of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to certain definite patterns
What is a sonnet
200
Current Republican Speaker of the House
Who is Paul Ryan
200
Most viewed YouTube video of all time
What is Despacito music video
300
An ingredient of a literary work that gives the work unity. The ______ provides an answer to the question: what is the work about?
What is theme
300
A kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human
What is personification
300
A recognizable pattern of stressed syllables that changes depending on the style of poem
What is meter
300
A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur in real time
What is stream of consciousness
300
A story illustrating an idea or moral principle in which objects take on symbolic meaning
What is an allegory
400
Reference to a statement, person, place, or event from literature, history, religion, mythology, politics, sports, science, or pop culture
What is allusion
400
A particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work
What is style
400
A stanza of four lines, often rhyming in an ABAB pattern
What is a quatrain
400
Playwright married to one Anne Hathaway. One work is called "Troilus and Cressida"
Who is William Shakespeare
400
The 8th most challenged classic novel in the US; one of Stephen King's favorite books; and common Pre-AP read
What is Lord of the Flies by William Golding
500
The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning
What is connotation
500
The explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it; the "dictionary" definition
What is denotation
500
An arrangement of lines of verse in a pattern, usually repeated throughout the poem
What is a stanza
500
Prolific Dutch painter who did most of his work in France. Besides self portraits, some paintings include "The Potato Eaters," and "The Night Cafe"
Who is Vincent van Gogh
500
A nuclear reaction in which a heavy nucleus splits spontaneously or on impact with another particle, with the release of energy