Analyzing Literature

antagonist

• A story's main character

• A person against all athletes

• Comparing two unlike things

• A character who opposes the protagonist

genre

• based on a person or event from history

•  dealing with aliens, the distant future, or advanced technology

• When someone writes their own life story, it falls into this genre

• kind or type of literature, poetry fiction, drama or essay

What imagery does Tennyson use in this excerpt from the poem?

In the stormy east wind straining

The yellow words were waning

The broad stream in his banks complaning

Heavily the low sky raining

Over towered Camelot.

• A. imagery of sight and touch

• B. imagery of taste and touch

• C. imagery of smell, taste, and touch

• D. imagery of sight, touch, and sound

The giant tree was ablazed with red, orange, and gold leaves. This is an example of ____________________

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

• simile

I was so tired after school, I slept for a mouth!

• A. hyperbole

• B. simile

• C. metaphor

• D. personification

The last day of school is like a day at the beach - easy and relaxing.

• personification

• symbolism

• simile

• hyperbole

BAM! The door shut behind me. This is an example of ______________

• onomatopeia

• simile

• symbolism

• personification

The city was a jungle is an example of ____________

• alliteration

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopeia

The way the reader feels when reading a story is called ___________

• tone

• mood

• setting

• theme

What does this poem use?

• oxymoron

• symbol

• repetition

• imagery