literary terms 21-23

Question 1

a grouping of two or more lines within a poem.

Answer 1

stanza

Question 2

two line stanza

Answer 2

couplet

Question 3

three line stanza

Answer 3

triplet or tercet

Question 4

four line stanza

Answer 4

quatrain

Question 5

five line stanza

Answer 5

cinquain or quintet

Question 6

six line stanza

Answer 6

sestet or sextet

Question 7

seven line stanza

Answer 7

septet

Question 8

eight line stanza

Answer 8

octave

Question 9

fourteen line stanza

Answer 9

sonnet

Question 10

see character

Answer 10

static character

Question 11

a broad generalization or an oversimplified view that disregards individual differences.

Answer 11

stereotype

Question 12

a visual organizer that helps a reader understand a work of literature by tracking setting, characters, events and conflicts.

Answer 12

story mapping

Question 13

how a writer says something; many elements contribute to style, including word choice, sentence length, tone and figurative language.

Answer 13

style

Question 14

see plot

Answer 14

subplot

Question 15

the process of briefly recounting the main ideas of a piece of writing in a person’s own words, while omitting unimportant details.

Answer 15

summarizing

Question 16

a feeling of growing tension and excitement. writers create suspense by raising questions in readers minds about what might happen.

Answer 16

suspense

Question 17

using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea.

Answer 17

symbolism

Question 18

a literary technique in which the whole is represented by naming one of its parts or vice versa.

Answer 18

synecdoche

Question 19

a humorously exaggerated story about impossible events.

Answer 19

tall tale

Question 20

a common thread or repeated idea that is incorporated throughout a literary work.

Answer 20

theme

Question 21

see point of view

Answer 21

third person point of view

Question 22

the writers attitude or feeling about his or her subject

Answer 22

tone

Question 23

a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character or characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events.

Answer 23

tragedy