Terms, Terms, Terms
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Lit-it
100
This is a comparison using the words "like" or "as".
Simile
100
This is a type of irony in which today's youth are very in tune with for they tend to be very sarcastic is nature.
Verbal Irony
100
In the Disney Short Film "Piper", a small bird named Piper has to learn how to get food for himself after his mother encouraged him to leave the nest and join the world. Which literary genre best describes his journey from the nest to the world?
Romanticism
100
This is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead
Elegy
200
This is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Alliteration
200
This is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Allegory
200
In the song "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift, the lyrics read
"No apologies
He'll never see you cry
Pretend he doesn't know
That he's the reason why
You're drowning, you're drowning, you're drowning
And I heard you moved on
From whispers on the street
A new notch in your belt
Is all I'll ever be
And now I see, now I see, now I see
He was long gone
When he met me
And I realize the joke is on me"
Which literary genre does this best fit?
(Naturalism, Realism, Romanticism, Dark Romanticism, Regionalism)
Realism and/or Naturalism
200
It is the term used to signal the rising and falling of the voice when reading a literary piece such as a poem.
Cadence
300
This is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action that it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor
300
This is a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
Paradox
300
In the song "Stone Cold" by Demi Lovato, the lyrics read
"Stone cold, stone cold
You see me standing, but I'm dying on the floor
Stone cold, stone cold
Maybe if I don't cry, I won't feel anymore
Stone cold, baby
God knows I tried to feel
Happy for you
Know that I am, even if I
Can't understand, I'll take the pain
Give me the truth, me and my heart
We'll make it through
If happy is her, I'm happy for you"
Which literary genre does this song best fit into?
Naturalism
300
Llewelyn Moss, from No Country for Old Men, best fits this literary term for he is a flawed character.
Anti-Hero
400
This is an example of this is a heart or a colored ribbon used to represent a particular type of cancer or other illness.
Symbol
400
This is a struggle that occurs within the mind of one of the characters
Internal Conflict
400
Many country artists use this literary term in their music to emphasize their use of their regions words or slang.
Dialect
400
This is a series of people, places, or things that are provided in a list form in
Catalogue
500
In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare is known for his use of this type of Irony when he allows for the audience to know something that the characters are unaware of.
Dramatic Irony
500
This historical event brought about the significant changes in the United States that wheeled in the literary change from Romanticism to that of Realism.
The Civil War
500
In the song "Merry Go Round" by Kacey Musgraves, the artist writes about life in a small town. Which literary genre do the following lyrics best fit?
"Mary Mary quite contrary,
We get bored so we get married
And just like dust we settle in this town
On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and 'round we go,
Where it stops nobody knows,
And it ain't slowin' down, this merry go 'round"
Naturalism
500
The belief that humans cannot control their own destinies is a characteristic of which literary genre?
Naturalism