English 12 Provincial Literary Terms

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe"

Which sound device is used in "the clatter of the dishes on the floor?"

When a character in a play is alone and speaks their thoughts and feelings aloud.

"Bae's eyebrows are on fleek today."

Which sentence contains figurative language?

"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?"

"You're barking up the wrong tree."

Which of the following is NOT something the word "home" connotes?

"You’ll make the right decision because you have heart."

Iago from Othello is this type of character.

"I have a million things to do."

Name the imagery: "I savored the rich crash when a bucket /plummeted down at the end of a rope"

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary"

"A host, of golden daffodils; beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

Which phrase contains assonance?

"A teaspoon of my own spit in the mask" contains examples of which TWO literary devices?

"In that moment, I realized that my students are crazy and decided to quit."

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

This is the place or time in which a story occurs.

This poem has 14 lines (a sestet and octave), has a rhyme scheme, and is in iambic pentameter.

The person "narrating" a poem.

"It was windy in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina."

What is the denotation of the word "chick?"

Mercutio is this type of character to Romeo.

"I work as a baker because I knead the dough."

"The zoo was amazing, especially the lizards and chimpanzees" contains which literary device?

"What goes around comes around" is an example of which literary device?

A "paragraph" in poetry

"The comedian was seriously funny" is an example of which literary device?

If a character does not develop over the course of a story, this character is...

“A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie"

"Now wherefore stopp'st thou me?" contains an example of which type of language?

This poem is a narrative poem, composed in quatrains, typically with an ABAB or ABCB rhyme.

"In HCE class, the Grade 8s were learning about the birds and the bees."

This type of poem is dedicated to a single subject or object, praising that subject/object.

"My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss"

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

If the purpose or motive of a text is to inform us of something, it is this type of text:

"Willow trees they remind me of Desdemona / I'm so damned literary"

Active or passive voice? "At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry."

"But, woe is me, you are so sick of late, / So far from cheer and from your former state"

In The Great Gatsby, the green light is an example of which literary device?

When a character has an issue with an external force in the story (society, a person, nature)

"the sunflower sets after all, retracting its irises with the bargeman's own, buds on black."

"The doctor described the risks of tubal sterilization and laparoscopy with the patient."

A strong inclination or a preconceived opinion about something or someone.

"I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills"

"I can resist anything but temptation."

Active or passive voice? "The forest fire destroyed the whole suburb."

"her eyes looked out as clear and flawless as aquamarines"