English III EOC Review Game

literary device in which a person or thing is directly addressed 

a type of metaphor that uses a part of something to refer to the whole ("all hands on deck")

discrepancy between appearance and reality; between expectations and outcomes

During the Colonial Period, writing was influenced by this religious group...

A short saying with a message

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Writing that portrays life as accurately as possible, focusing on ordinary people and events

a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died

Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation

a literary movement that depicts/analyzes the unique qualities of a geographical area & people

a movement that emphasized emotion, imagination, and nature

"Come back, true love! Sweet youth, remain!" - What literary device is used?

writing that suggests that environment, heredity, and chance determine people's fate

movement that valued nature and intuition over reason; God, man, and nature are united 

verse consisting of unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine ("The Crisis"), Patrick Henry, Jonathan Edwards ("Sinners...")

a word, phrase, line or group of lines repeated at regular intervals throughout a poem or song

Alienation; disappointment; disillusionment; experimentation; frustration

story with bleak setting; plot involves violent events; characters are in psychological torment

Poetry that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a speaker; examples include sonnets and odes

repetition of grammatical structure

a brief reference within a work to something outside the work ( to another work, place, event)

Anne Bradstreet; Bradford "Of Plymouth Plantation" Salem Witch trials

American Dream; man is alone; life is meaningless

World War I, Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, World War II

Mark Tawin's Huckleberry Finn, Kate Chopin, Frederick Douglass

Novels, short stories, slave narratives, literature to change a specific social problem

Reason, man is good, life is logical, orderly, and organized

a person's written account of his or her own life, focusing on the most important events

The arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry

Short stories, poetry, supernatural; good vs evil

language that is used imaginatively instead of literally

repetition of sounds at the end of a word

Political pamphlets, essays, speeches, instructive 

 language spoken by people in a particular region; used to make characters seem realistic

a story or piece of literature that can be interpreted to find another "hidden" meaning

Focus on ordinary people, portrayal of human flaws, fate; 

A simple,direct style of writing (short, easily understood words) common to 17th century speech

Which type of poetry tells a story and includes dialogue?

Bible is absolute authority; man is sinful; the forest is evil; strict lifestyle

usage of words that sound like what they mean

Imagination; optimism; power of nature; individual; quest for beauty; oversoul

repetition of FINAL consonant sounds

language that uses words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the senses

A type of metaphor that uses another name to refer to something ("White House" for president)

The manner in which a writer puts his or her thoughts into words

repetition of similar vowel sounds

The author's choice and arrangement of words in writing

Sermons, journals, letters, instructive writing

writing that ridicules the faults of individuals, groups, institutions, or humanity in general

words that provoke a strong emotional response from the reader