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Literary Terms
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Sentence Types
Literary Terms 3
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Common language in unstructured form.
What is prose?
100
The phrase "Big, bad, boy" is using which type of literary device?
Alliteration
100
The best definition for a "repetition of sound patterns" is _________
rhythm
100
What type of sentence type is this? The dog ran to the man, and the man was not pleased.
Compound I,cI
100
A 14-line line poem with a set rhyme scheme
a sonnet
200
What is this? a repeated word, phrase, line or group of lines that writers use to create rhythm
refrain
200
A story that ends unhappily is called a _______.
Tragedy
200
A long speech, usually made alone, given by a character who is expressing inner thoughts
a soliloquy
200
What type of sentence is this? Although Billy didn't like her, he asked her to go to a movie.
Complex D,I
200
A paragraph in a poem is called a ______.
Stanza
300
The conversation between characters could best be defined as _______.
dialogue
300
words that appeal to the senses and help readers imagine
Imagery
300
A remark made by a character that is supposed to be heard by the audience, but not by characters on the stage.
aside
300
What type of sentence is this? He hated what he had become because of his new found temper.
Complex ID
300
A pair of rhyming lines. These have an AA rhyme scheme.
couplet
400
A line of poetry that contains 5 pairs of beats with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is iambic pentameter?
400
Combining contradictory words to make a new thing.
What is oxymoron?
400
Words such as "Boom" and "Pow" are examples of _______.
Onomatopoeia
400
What type of sentence is this? Provided that I do my homework, I can go out to my friend's house.
Complex D,I
400
a regular pattern of end rhymes
Rhyme Scheme
500
a voice in a poem speaking to readers could best be called?
the speaker
500
A play on words.
What is a pun?
500
A long speech made by one character to other characters on the stage.
a monologue
500
What type of sentence is this? I never really cared for him; however, I will help him reach his goal.
Compound I; ca, I
500
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
simile="like" "as" or