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