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Literary Terms 1 Assignment
Find the definitions of the literary terms in your
Elements of Literature handout (not online).
Find an example of the literary term in the poem.
Write commentary on how the literary term adds
meaning or tone to the poem.
Literary term + quote + commentary
1. Enjambment: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
2. Assonance: “”Golden Retrievals” p. 880
3. Caesura: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
4. Pathos: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
5. Dramatic Irony: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
6. Alliteration: “”Eagle” p. 649
7. Hyperbole: “After Apple Picking,” p. 708
8. Litotes: “The Last Night that She Lived,” p. 657
9. Synecdoche: “Meeting at Night” p. 701
10. Paradox: “The Clod and the Pebble” p. 680
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Literary Terms 1 Assignment
Find the definitions of the literary terms in your
Elements of Literature handout (not online).
Find an example of the literary term in the poem.
Write commentary on how the literary term adds
meaning or tone to the poem.
Literary term + quote + commentary
1. Enjambment: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
2. Assonance: “”Golden Retrievals” p. 880
3. Caesura: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
4. Pathos: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
5. Dramatic Irony: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
6. Alliteration: “”Eagle” p. 649
7. Hyperbole: “After Apple Picking,” p. 708
8. Litotes: “The Last Night that She Lived,” p. 657
9. Synecdoche: “Meeting at Night” p. 701
10. Paradox: “The Clod and the Pebble” p. 680
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Literary Terms 1 Assignment
Find the definitions of the literary terms in your
Elements of Literature handout (not online).
Find an example of the literary term in the poem.
Write commentary on how the literary term adds
meaning or tone to the poem.
Literary term + quote + commentary
1. Enjambment: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
2. Assonance: “”Golden Retrievals” p. 880
3. Caesura: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
4. Pathos: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
5. Dramatic Irony: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
6. Alliteration: “”Eagle” p. 649
7. Hyperbole: “After Apple Picking,” p. 708
8. Litotes: “The Last Night that She Lived,” p. 657
9. Synecdoche: “Meeting at Night” p. 701
10. Paradox: “The Clod and the Pebble” p. 680
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Literary Terms 1 Assignment
Find the definitions of the literary terms in your
Elements of Literature handout (not online).
Find an example of the literary term in the poem.
Write commentary on how the literary term adds
meaning or tone to the poem.
Literary term + quote + commentary
1. Enjambment: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
2. Assonance: “”Golden Retrievals” p. 880
3. Caesura: “Golden Retrievals” p. 880
4. Pathos: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
5. Dramatic Irony: “Ballad of Birmingham,” p.659
6. Alliteration: “”Eagle” p. 649
7. Hyperbole: “After Apple Picking,” p. 708
8. Litotes: “The Last Night that She Lived,” p. 657
9. Synecdoche: “Meeting at Night” p. 701
10. Paradox: “The Clod and the Pebble” p. 680