Pentathlon Lit Review

An organizing technique in poetry that places a group of lines together, similar in purpose to a paragraph. → Detail

Appears at the beginning of the story and grabs the reader's attention, making the reader want to continue reading.

The repetition of words that begin with the same sound.

A figure of speech that makes a comparison by directly relating one thing to another unrelated thing. → Metaphor

Means the opposite and is usually a pair of words or phrases.

The military theory that using nuclear weapons is so destructive that no government would want to use them.

A pronoun that denotes a group of people or things. → Collective pronoun

The term literally means the opposite, but in literary analysis a pair of statements or images reverse each other.

A stanza of poetry consisting of four lines.

The period from 1967 to 1979 where the US policy was to try to ease tensions between the US and USSR. → Détente

The codename of a secret program whose mission was to break the KGB's codes. There were about 3,000 messages translated.

The way in which words are put together to form a sentence.

The specific words, incidents, images, or events an author uses to create a scene or situation.

Taking the long way to get to a destination in order to shake off anyone following you.

Is the language used by writers to create images in the mind of the reader. There are many different ways writers create

Gives the reader hints or signs about the future. → Refrain