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WorksheetsReview of Literary Terms and Concepts #1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 28mins
__________________ means: two opposite ideas are put together in a sentence to achieve a contrasting effect.
apposition
antimetabole
parallelism
antithesis
________________ means: a repeated grammatical pattern
anthimeria
parallelism
asyndeton
antimetabole
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote:
"We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne..."
antithesis
parallelism
apposition
epistrophe
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote: "Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love?"
parallelism
rhetorical question
anthimeria
antithesis
A reference in a work of literature to a character, place, or situation from history, music, or another work of literature.
anaphora
foreshadowing
analogy
allusion
A comparison between two things [Simile/Metaphor/Personification]
allusion
analogy
aphorism
parallelism
A short pointed statement that expresses a wise or clever observation about the human experience. They are often metaphors.
aphorism
anecdote
anaphora
analogy
A reflection of a writer's or a speaker's attitude toward the subject matter.
tone
diction
vernacular
examples
The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.
anaphora
analogy
repetition
parallelism
A question that is asked without expecting an answer.
examples/facts/statistics
persuasion
rhetorical question
allusion
The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech.
repetition
anaphora
parallelism
rhetorical question
Writers or speakers connect their thinking to the reader's or audience's own ethical or moral belief.
pathos
logos
ethos
persuasion
writers or speakers draw on the emotions of the reader of audience.
logos
pathos
ethos
persuasion
When writers or speakers offer clear examples and proof. They develop ideas with appropriate detail, and they make sure that the readers follow the progression of ideas.
logos
pathos
ethos
persuasion
How does imagery help us understand a piece of writing?
By expressing how the author is feeling?
By telling the mood.
Imagery helps us to see, touch, taste, smell, and feel what the characters feel and see
What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you slink away!" (108).
angry
pleased
happy
suspicious
She hesitated, listening for sounds of the creature. The forest seemed empty, but she could sense something else out there. Something watching and waiting.
What is the mood of the passage?
joyful
romantic
suspenseful
a cultural and historical traditions passed down by story telling.
philosophical perspective
oral tradition
myth
nature
a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work
theme
character
archetype
legend
Why didn't the Puritans use fancy language?
They didn't know how to read or write
Their language reflected their simple lives
They thought that it would make them seem too much like English people
They thought fancy language was only used by people who did not believe in God
What did the Puritans use literature for? Choose all that apply
To describe the hardships they went through
To spread the Bible
To show off how smart they were
To explain how God was present in their lives
Bradstreet's poem is an example of Puritan Plain Style. What are the characteristics of Puritan Plain Style?
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complex sentences
embellished and ornate words
ordinary, Old-Elglish words are used to make simple, direct statements
use of a wide variety of lierary devices
Read the following lines from, "To My Dear and Loving Husband."
"I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold,
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompense.
The tone of these lins can best be described as--
accepting
adoring
understated
hopeful
The literary term "diction" refers to
the dictionary definition of a word
the way we speak
an author's choice of words
What is the first thing you do before you start paraphrasing?
Start writing
Understand the text
Record the source
reversal of normal word order
inversion
refrain
euphemism
synecdoche
A rhymed pair of lines.
Lyric Poetry
Couplet
End Rhyme
Stanza
A pattern of end rhymes in a poem.
End Rhyme
Internal Rhyme
Rhyme Scheme
Rhyme
When rhyming words come at the end of lines. This is the most common type of poetic rhyme.
End Rhyme
Lyric Poetry
Repetition
Theme
Which is an example of slant rhyme?
fear & near
pallate & polite
mend & tend
right & fight
What is a slant rhyme?
Rhyming the final words of lines in a poem.
Rhyming two words within the same line of poetry.
Rhyming two similar but not identical sounds.
Rhyming using the same words.
