10th Grade Terms

Question 1

personal, reflective poetry that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings about the subject

Answer 1

lyrical poetry

Question 2

the repetition of a regular rhythmic unit in a line of poetry

Answer 2

meter

Question 3

a seemingly contradictory or absurd statement that may nonetheless suggest an important truth

Answer 3

paradox

Question 4

–similar grammatical constructions to express related ideas (words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs)

Answer 4

parallel structure

Question 5

• poem presenting shepherds in rural settings

Answer 5

pastoral

Question 6

• forms of written or spoken expression lacking regular rhythmic pattern

Answer 6

prose

Question 7

– stanza of poem consisting of 4 lines

Answer 7

quatrain

Question 8

• question which answers itself; needs no answer or response

Answer 8

rhetorical question

Question 9

(internal, end, slant)-

Answer 9

rhyme

Question 10

• a literary technique in which ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society

Answer 10

satire

Question 11

• a form of fiction, usually set in the future, that deals with imaginary scientific and technological developments and contact with other worlds

Answer 11

science fiction

Question 12

-14 line, iambic pentameter poem using stressed/unstressed syllable, rhyme pattern (abab, cdcd, efef, gg)

Answer 12

Shakespearean sonnet

Question 13

– onomatopoeia, alliteration, consonance, etc.

Answer 13

sound devices

Question 14

–writer’s unique individual way of communicating ideas

Answer 14

style

Question 15

• the attitude a writer takes toward a subject

Answer 15

tone

Question 16

• flaw in moral character which brings about hero’s downfall

Answer 16

tragic flaw

Question 17

• the technique of creating emphasis by saying less than is actually or literally true (form of hyperbole)

Answer 17

understatement