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Rhyme is
Words in a poem that have the same beginning sounds.
Repeating the same words over and over.
A comparison using "like" or "as."
Words that have the same ending sounds.
A figure of speech that gives human qualities to an object is the definition of
personification
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia (on-na-matta-pia)
"Baby, you're a firework" is an example of
rhythm
a simile
a metaphor
repetition
Words like meow, boom, screech, snap, pop are all examples of
alliteration
onomatopoeia (on-na-matta-pia)
personification
metaphor
The "beat" of regular pattern of sounds found in some poems is called
alliteration
rhyme
rhythm
personification
Using the same words over and over is called
repetition
personification
rhythm
onomatopoeia
The sun played peek-a-boo with the clouds. This sentence is an example of
alliteration
personification
rhythm
rhyme
This is a reference to a famous person, place, event or literature.
repetition
alliteration
allusion
resolution
This is a comparison of unrelated/unlike things without using “like” or “as”.
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
____________ is the comparison of unrelated things using “like” or “as”.
personification
metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia
It is a scene that interrupts the present action to describe an earlier or previous event.
foreshadowing
flashback
memory
reminder
______________ is the writer's use of hints that suggest events later in the story.
flashback
foreshadowing
suspense
rising action
Repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of the words.
alliteration
onomatopoeia
idiom
simile
What literary device is when the opposite of what is expected happens?
Suspense
Irony
Flashback
Symbolism
Sarcasm
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
Reasoning that doesn't make sense
Sneering disapproval often expressed as praise; i.e., someone who falls may be praised for his gracefulness
Satire
Literary art form that ridicules human folly or vice hoping to correct it
A reversal of order, form, or
another relationship
A type of stretchy fabric
A gross overstatement; an extreme exaggeration
The literal, dictionary definition of a word
parallel structure
connotation
fact
denotation
The implied meaning of a word- your connection to the word
denotation
connotation
logos
fact
Visually descriptive or figurative language in literature that causes the reader to create a mental image is called what?
Imagery
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Irony
The repetition of a vowel sound in lines of a poem is called what?
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
Diction
Assonance
A group of words that have a particular meaning that is not understandable from the definitions of the individual words is called a what? E.g. Give me a hand.
Idiom
Oxymoron
Metaphor
Illusion
The mood or feeling of a piece of writing is called the what?
Tone
Prose
Alliteration
Diction
Presented by a single character to the audience OR to another character(s). Used to express important thoughts aloud
monologue
soliloquy
demarcation
rising action
When a character speaks to themselves and the audience relating their thoughts / feelings
soliloquy
prologue
denouement
irony
A dramatic device in which the character speaks just to the audience. The audience is to understand that no one else but the speaker can hear this
aside
denouement
monologue
dialogue
Contrasts with the hero. Used to highlight the differences between the two
foil
protagonist
aside
fool
characters, etc.)
and director as to what they should be going.
and mood.
lessons learned by the characters.
A weakness or limitation of character, resulting in the fall of the tragic hero.
Tragic Flaw
Tragedy
Major bummer
Understatement
A form of poetry that most resembles natural speech. It is made up of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter.
Rhyming couplet
Oxymoron
Blank verse
Comic relief
A line of verse with ten syllables -- five pairs of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.
Iambic pentameter
Sonnet
Rhyming couplet
Blank verse
A major division of the action of drama; most modern plays have three of these. Classical plays of the Greeks, Romans, and those of Shakespeare have five of these.
act
aside
monologue
scene
"For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
This is a stanza.
This is a quatrain.
This is a couplet.
This is exposition.
A division of an act, usually to separate the play for plot elements, change in time or location.
scene
act
stage directions
aside
opening that gives the setting and background
prologue
aside
soliloquy
denouement
