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POETIC DEVICES & Foster
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#review of poetic devices and content from Stephen Foster's How to Read LIterature like a Professor
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poetry that is unrhymed but has a consistent meter
reverse
free verse
adverse
blank verse
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ID poetic device: Fogs hanging like old/Coats between trees
alliteration
personification
simile
kinesthetic imagery
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a poem of 14 lines, usually about love, ending in a rhyming couplet
pantoum
sonnet
iambic pentameter
ballad
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A type of rhyme with words that have similar, but not identical sounds
determination
perfect rhyme
internal rhyme
alliteration
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An apple in a story may suggest
a plot twist
A murder is being foreshadowed
The protagonist will make pie
temptation
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Which of the following is NOT a way to recognize a potential Christ figure in a story?
is a fisherman
has wounds in his hands
walks with a limp
comes to redeem an unworthy world
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ID poetic device: "Redness, brass, ladders and hats hurl past/ Blurring to sheer verb"
metaphor
juxtaposition
alliteration
consonance
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ref. to another work of lit. or historical event
figurative language
allusion
connotation
irony
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a line of 5 stressed syllables
fluidic speedometer
trochaic tetameter
daytyllic octometer
iambic pentameter
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imagery that describes movement in the joints or bones
kinesthetic
thermal
visual
auditory
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the use of language to call up a physical sensation
diction
sensory imagery
connotation
metaphor
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a minor character who contrasts with a major character
round
dynamic
foil
stereotyp
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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
257
18
5,270
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Stories about the loss of innocence are re-enactments of
Stranger Things
the biblical story of Adam & Even in the Garden of Eden
The Greek myth, The Odyssey
the civil war
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writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject
meter
connotation
tone
mood
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Key elements of the language of reading, that allow you to deeply engage with the text, are
dialogue and monologue
memory, symbol, and pattern
plot, setting, and character
car chases and romance
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When a thought stops at the end of a line of poetry
free verse
enjambment
end-stopped line
juxtaposition
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An allegory
only appears in poetry
has only one interpretation
can represent a historical event in symbolic terms
has many interpretations
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The Grink having a heart two sizes too small indicates his character is
loving and generous
in need of a pacemaker
worthy of redemption
insensitive and stingy
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repetition at close intervals of beginning consonant sounds
alliteration
onomotopoeia
assonance
consonance
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The season of fall in a story can represent
rebirth
death
middle age
romance
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giving human qualities to an inanimate object
personification
amplification
juxtaposition
polysyndeton
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Which of these statements about Atticus does NOT present him as a potential Christ figure?
he is good with children
he risks his safety to defend Tom Robinson
he confronts evil in the form of Bob Ewell
he is a skilled marksman
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The volta at the end of Sonnet 130 ("My mistress") reveals
Shakespeare bases love on appearances only.
the poet thinks his lover is ugly
the poet loves his mistress for who she really is
the poet will love his mistress more if she fixes her hair
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repetition of ending consonant sounds at close intervals
onomotopoeia
assonance
alliteration
consonance
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an object, character, situation, or action that represents something beyond itself
enjambment
juxtaposition
metaphor
symbol
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the rhythm of a poem
meter
stress
rhyme
diction
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The influence of earlier texts, such as Shakespeare's plays, on modern texts is known as
intertextuality
infrastructure
soliloquy
polysyndeton
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According to Foster, myth
is a means of explaining ourselves to ourselves
includes the Bible and stories about Greek gods
does not refer to deeply held religious beliefs
is a body of story that matters
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ID poetic device: We/Lurk Late. We/ Strike straight
olfactory imagery
consonance
hyperbole
personification
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What is always the real reason for a quest?
victory
self-knowledge and/or spiritual/emotional growth
to find one's soulmate
to defeat one's archrival
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Biblical references in a story
provides slapstick comedy
guarantee the book will be a bestseller
appeal only to Christians
give the story a timeless feel
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ID lit. device: . . . in some perfume is there more delight/than in the breath that from my mistress reeks
kinesthetic imagery
allusion
visual imagery
situational irony
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phrases or images placed side by side for a certain effect, e.g. contrast or irony
juxtaposition
enjambment
limited omniscient
paradox
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ID poetic device: But never met this Fellow . . . alone/without a tighter breathing/and zero at the bone
visual imagery
kinesthetic imagery
alliteration
assonance
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Fill in blank: My mistress' eyes are nothing like ______
the moon
hell
sun
roses
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Which season represents rebirth?
spring
winter
autumn
summer
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When the thought runs over into the next line of a poem
end-stopped
juxtaposition
Fosbery flop
enjambment
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Rain in a story can indicate
transformation
retribution
restoration
revenge
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The poem "Chicago" is this type of poem:
semi-colon
apostrophe
sonnet
poem of address
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The Foster book is written
for anyone new to lit. analysis
for people who like to overthink things
to torture students
for people who are already skilled in lit. analysis
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ID poetic device: And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare/as any she belied with false compare
personification
alliteration
volta
internal rhyme
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What type of weather in a story can suggest blurring the line between reality and a dream world?
hail
rain
fog
snow
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Which of the following is NOT a step in a quest?
a premonitory dream
a stated reason to go there
a place to go
challenges and trials
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Referring a a motorcycle as a "ready companion" is an example of
personification
anthropomorphism
multiplication
juxtaposition
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Shakespearean character trope that appears in
Taming of the Shrew,
Romeo & Juliet & Little Mermaid
best friend dies
overbearing father
opposite siblings
tyrant takes kingdom over from rightful ruler
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An abrupt turn in thought, often indicated by "but" or "yet"
allusion
iambic pentameter
sonnet
volta
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A Japanese chain poem started with a haiku
konichiwa
kotodama
sushi
renga
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"Pow", "Bang", "Slurp"
huh
onomotopoeia
volta
first line of a famous haiku poem
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A snake showing up in a beautiful setting may suggest
introduction of evil
an out-of-control mice population
loyalty to a good cause
the story will end happily
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ID lit. device: I peeled my orange/that was so bright against/the gray of December
personification
visual imagery
simile
allusion
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a statement or situation containing seemingly contradictory elements
alliteration
satire
paradox
metaphor
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a poem that addresses a person, place, or thing, such as "Chicago"
apostrophe
free verse
haiku
sonnet
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ID poetic device: "Imagine the drip of it,/the small splash, echo/in a tin mug"
kinesthetic imagery
consonance
sound imagery
end rhyme
