Literary Devices # 2 Epithet to Ode JCCHS Freshmen

Question 1

the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you’d expect the result to be.

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situational irony

Question 2

A poem that tells a story

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narrative poem

Question 3

line of poetry with five metrical feet, each with a short syllable followed by a long syllable

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iambic pentameter

Question 4

a combination of stressed and unstressed syllables; the most basic unit of a poem’s meter

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foot

Question 5

A person or character who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences

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narrator

Question 6

expressive use of language such as a metaphor or simile: words used in a non-literal sense

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figure of speech

Question 7

when a speaker’s intention is the opposite of what he or she is saying

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verbal irony

Question 8

legendary or a traditional story, usually with historical events and supernatural heroes.

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myth

Question 9

a lyric poem expressing the author’s emotion about a single topic, with an irregular meter.

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ode

Question 10

A word or phrase that is not the literal meaning. It uses interesting poetic devices.

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figurative language

Question 11

The act of telling a story, usually in some kind of chronological order.

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narration

Question 12

An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person mentioned.

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epithet

Question 13

use of words solely by their defined or primary meanings, not any other meanings we give them.

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literal language

Question 14

the rhythm, established by syllables from the words in each line, measured in groups of ‘feet’.

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meter

Question 15

rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and one at the end of a line

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internal rhyme

Question 16

prose writing based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history.

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nonfiction

Question 17

formal type of poetry expressing personal emotions or feelings, spoken in first person.

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lyric poetry

Question 18

a reading skill: to us reason to figure out something not explicitly stated by an author

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inference

Question 19

writing which appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing

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imagery

Question 20

a group of words you can’t translate word for word

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idiom

Question 21

A humorous poem consisting of five lines. The 1st, 2nd, & 5th lines share rhyme & rhythm...

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limerick

Question 22

3-lined, non-rhyming Japanese poetry: the 1st and last lines -- 5 syllables and the 2nd -- 7.

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haiku

Question 23

A way of telling or writing a story that promotes a particular point of view or set of values.

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narrative

Question 24

exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally, to make a point or show an emphasis.

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hyperbole

Question 25

A humorous or dramatic state that seems to be opposite to what one expects

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irony

Question 26

a relatively long work of narrative fiction, which is typically published as a book.

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novel

Question 27

A comparison of two different things that does not use the word “like” or “as”.

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metaphor

Question 28

writing about the occurrence of an event or idea that happened earlier in the novel or text.

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flashback

Question 29

a long, uninterrupted speech by one character (usually) addressing other characters.

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monologue

Question 30

When the audience knows something that the character doesn’t know.

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dramatic irony

Literary Devices # 2 Epithet to Ode JCCHS Freshmen

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Literary Devices # 2 Epithet to Ode JCCHS Freshmen

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