English 12 Provincial Literary Terms

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

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

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

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

When the audience knows something that the characters do not.

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

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

Iago from Othello is this type of character.

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

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

"Bae's eyebrows are on fleek today."

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

Which of the following is an example of an idiom?

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

A "paragraph" in poetry

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

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

Mercutio is this type of character to Romeo.

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

The person "narrating" a poem.

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

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

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

"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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"I have a million things to do."

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

Which sentence contains figurative language?

"You're barking up the wrong tree."

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

What is the denotation of the word "chick?"

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

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

Which phrase contains assonance?

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

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

"I can resist anything but temptation."

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