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Literary Element Definitions 1
Literary Element Definitions 2
Literary Element Examples in Poems
Types of Poetry
Mechanics of Poetry
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When something stands for or represents something else.
What is symbol?
100
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is simile?
100
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is an example of what literary element?
What is a metaphor?
100
How many TOTAL syllables are in a Haiku? and How are they distributed for each line?
Total: 17 Line 1: 5 Line 2: 7 Line 3: 5
100
A group of lines that form a verse in a poem, similar to a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
200
A comparison of two things, not using like or as.
What is metaphor?
200
Giving human like characteristics to something that is not living.
What is personification?
200
"The world is silent" is an example of what literary element?
What is hyperbole?
200
When punctuation and capitalization rules are up to the poet, as well as the structuring of sentences.
What is a haiku?
200
The correspondence of sound between words or the ends of words.
What is rhyme.
300
The use of pictures, description, or figures of speech to help the reader visualize what is being read.
What is imagery?
300
The atmosphere in a piece of literature that evokes a certain emotion or feeling from the audience.
What is the mood?
300
"Nor shall Death brag thou wander's in his shade," is an example of what literary element?
What is personification?
300
A type of narrative poem that emphasizes strong rhythm, repetition, and rhymes and has two to four line stanzas.
What is a ballad?
300
The ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.
What is the rhyme scheme?
400
An exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
400
Two or more stressed syllables of a word group either with the same consonant sound or sound group.
What is alliteration?
400
How many beats are there in iambic pentameter for a sonnet?
10 beats
400
The strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement of sound.
What is rhythm?
500
The perspective or attitude that the author adopts with regards to a specific character, place or development.
What is the tone?
500
The central idea of a piece of writing.
What is the theme?
500
"Seasons passed, summer suns made way for snow" is an example of what literary element?
What is alliteration?
500
A sonnet is composed of how many quatrains (or sections)?
4
500
ABAB/CDCD/EFEF/GG is the strict rhyme scheme for sonnets, also known as the...
Iambic Pentameter