Literature Questions
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"She was the black sheep of the family"
5 lines; Syllables: 5, 7, 5, 7, 7; a lot of sensory imagery of an event or mood
The tortoise and the hare from that one fairytale thing
"In some melodious plot,Of beechen green,Singest of summer in full throated ease."
Using adjectives to describe words when the adjectives you are using do not relate to the word you are describing; a blending or intermingling of different sense modalities.
When the opposite of what we mean or expect happens
It is a literary technique in which animal attributes are imposed upon non-animal objects, humans, and events; and animal features are ascribed to humans, gods, and other objects.
Mourns the death of an individual and walks through the cycle of mourning, celebration, and acceptance
Where a thing - an idea or an animal - is given human attributes
Is asked just for effect, or to lay emphasis on some point being discussed, when no real answer is expected; may have an obvious answer, but the questioner asks it to lay emphasis to the point
When a related term is substituted for the word itself; often the substitution is based on a material, causal, or conceptual relation between things.
A literary device in which a part of something represents the whole, or it may use a whole to represent a part; may also use larger groups to refer to smaller groups, or vice versa
14 lines; 1 stanza; ABBAABBA - next 6 lines can be = CDDCEE or CDCDCD or CDEEDE
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or silly, but which may include a latent truth; is often used to make a reader think over an idea in an innovative way.
ABCB DBEB etc; quatrains; usually a song or tells a story; 4 stress 3 stress alternating lines
Combines contradictory words with opposing meanings
6 stanzas; 19 lines; first 5 stanzas have 3 lines; last stanza has 4; ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA; Lines 1, 6, 12, and 18 repeat; Lines 3, 9, 15, and 19 repeat
A short, often amusing or interesting, story, of a personal account of an event that occurred in one's life, used to communicate an abstract idea.
A play on words that exploits different possible meanings of a word or similarity in appearance and sound between two words
An explicit comparison between two unlike things through the use of connecting words, usually "like" or "as."