12.15 quiz

Question 0

eight-line stanza

Answer 0

Haitian

Question 1

great pride that brings about the downfall of a character

Answer 1

Hubris

Question 2

exaggeration

Answer 2

Hyperbole

Question 3

poem focusing on the simplicity of rural life

Answer 3

Idyll

Question 4

an introductory event that follows act 1

Answer 4

Induction

Question 5

in the middle of things

Answer 5

in medias res

Question 6

poets requested these to fire them with creative genius

Answer 6

Invocation of the Muse

Question 7

dogmatic or arbitrary of what is meant or verbal irony

Answer 7

Irony

Question 8

statement made without supporting evidence

Answer 8

Ipse Dixit

Question 9

vocabulary understand by a profession of trade but not by normal people

Answer 9

Jargon

Question 10

witty writing

Answer 10

Jeu d’esprit

Question 11

pun

Answer 11

Jeu de mots

Question 12

minstrel who sang songs

Answer 12

Jongleur

Question 13

compound expression

Answer 13

Kenning

Question 14

wreath woven of the large,glossy leaves of the laurel tree

Answer 14

Laurel Wreath

Question 15

medieval narrative poem

Answer 15

Lay

Question 16

the complete vocabulary of a language or a field of study

Answer 16

lexis

Question 17

creation of a positive or opposite idea through negation

Answer 17

Litotes

Question 18

comedy that relies on horseplay

Answer 18

Low comedy

Question 19

poetry that presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet as opposed to poetry that tells a story or presents a witty observation

Answer 19

Lyric Poetry

Question 20

device in an Ancient Greek theater that could lower a god onto stage from the heavens

Answer 20

Machine

Question 21

the universe

Answer 21

Macrocosm

Question 22

great work

Answer 22

Magnum Opus

Question 23

unintentional use of an inappropriate word similar in sound to the appropriate word,often with humorous effect

Answer 23

Malapropism

Question 24

a face covering features

Answer 24

Mask

Question 25

government censor who examined all plays for offensive material

Answer 25

Master of Revels

Question 26

literary work or film that uses maudlin sentimentality and stereotypical characters

Answer 26

Melodrama

Question 27

type if autobiography in which the writer focuses primarily on the people with whom he or she came into contact

Answer 27

Memoir

Question 28

comparing two things without the use of like or as

Answer 28

Metaphor