Poetic Examples
"See them fly o’er waste fens and windy fields" is an exmaple of which poetic device?
What is Alliteration?
(Repeated consonant sound at the beginning of a word)
If someone has an opinion showing bias or “prejudgment,” what word describes that person?
What is prejudiced?
When an author compares two things using 'like' or 'as', what device is being used?
What is a simile?
Mysteriously appearing and then disappearing, this character in the play best represents the family's moral conscience or inner voice of reason.
Who is Inspector Goole?
DOUBLE: Name the 2 poetic devices that best demonstrate the following line from Atmosphere:
"I figure you'll return no concern; I'll stay put and try to make this cold wood burn."
1 correct response for 200, both correct for 400
Mrs. Birling: "You seem to have made a great impression on this child, Inspector."
Inspector Goole: "(coolly) We often do on the young ones. They're more impressionable."
What does 'impressionable' mean?
What is to be easily influenced?
The Italian and English versions, though similar, have key differences such as structure and rhyme scheme. What is the general name of the 14-line poems created by Shakespeare and Petrarch?
What is a sonnet?
This character looks down on Eva Smith, showing their condescending view of the lower class when they say, "girls of THAT class are-- well, you know."
Who is Sybil Birling (Mrs. Birling)?
This line from an Emily Dickinson poem shows which literary device?
"Your breath has time to straighten/ Your head to bubble cool/ Deals one imperial thunderbolt/ That scalps your naked soul.”
What is CONSONANCE?
(The 'L' and 'D' consonants are repeated in the line)
DOUBLE: tell me the definition of IMPERTINENT and WHO said this line for 600 points.
"I was very rude to both of them, and then I went to the manager and told him that this girl had been very impertinent—and—and — (almost breaking down, but able to control emotion) I asked for her to be fired immediately!"
What is very rude or disrespectful
and spoken by SHEILA BIRLING?
Get 1 correct = 300
Het both = 600
If a word, phrase, or line is used more than once in a poem for emphasis or effect, what is this technique called?
What is repetition?
This character threatened to "have a row and turn quite nasty" if Eva Smith didn't invite them inside.
Who is Eric Birling?
The following is an example of which type of literary device?
"It is a willow after summer is over,
a tree by the river."
What is ENJAMBMENT?
(A sentence continues to the next within the same line of poetry)
One could argue that any one of the Birlings or Gerald is CULPABLE for the cause of Ms. Eva Smith's death. What does it mean to be "culpable'?
What is deserving blame or guilty?
Words that have identical ending sounds, including both the vowel and the following consonants, are an example of what type of rhyme?
What is a perfect or exact rhyme?
This play was written in 1945, but is set in WHAT YEAR?
What is 1912?
Make your bets!
Only teams with POSITIVE points can bet. You may only bet up to how many points you have.
So if you have 800, you may wager 0-800 points.
Final Jeopardy Category: DOPPELGANGER or are you just happy to see me?
"Heave!” The great rock loitered, poised on one toe, decided not to return, moved through the air, fell, struck, turned over, leapt droning through the air and smashed a deep hole in the canopy of the forest."
This line from Lord of the Flies shows what literary device?
What is personification?
(The rock is described with human qualities)
Arthur Birling sulks and becomes PETULANT during the inspector's line of questioning because Goole dares to question Arthur about his role as a magistrate or company owner.
What does 'petulant' mean?
What is easily annoyed or irritated?
When a person, place, or thing has a literal meaning, but a reader infers a deeper underlying meaning, what literary device is being used?
What is symbolism?
(metaphor could also be acceptable)
This character makes the argument that since Inspector Goole isn't even a real inspector, all of their actions are totally acceptable and justified.
Who is Gerald?
In the play An Inspector Calls, all members of the Birling family know the victim by her name, Eva Smith. All but Gerald recognize the name because he knew her by WHAT ALTER EGO name?
What is Daisy Renton?