ELA 3-4H Elements of Lit

Question 0

Meter

Answer 0

Pace of a poem

Question 1

Refrain

Answer 1

A chorus, lines repeated

Question 2

Dramatic monologue

Answer 2

One person speaking in a poem

Question 3

Elegy

Answer 3

Mournful poem

Question 4

Somet

Answer 4

Poem with 14 lines, different rhyme schemes, and an iambic pentameter

Question 5

Caesura

Answer 5

A pause for effect

Question 6

Ode

Answer 6

Tribute to something

Question 7

Onomatopoeia

Answer 7

Sound words

Question 8

Conceit

Answer 8

Extended comparison of things

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

Using vowels rather than consonants

Question 10

Alliteration

Answer 10

Repetition of sounds

Question 11

Synaesthesia

Answer 11

Relating to separate sentences

Question 12

Apostrophe

Answer 12

Addressing something that’s no physically there

Question 13

Antithesis

Answer 13

Defining through an opposite

Question 14

Hyperbole

Answer 14

Obvious exaggeration for a fact

Question 15

Metaphor

Answer 15

A comparison of two generally unlike things meant to illuminate truth

Question 16

Flashback

Answer 16

When a character in real time reminisces about a past event

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

A comparison using like or as

Question 18

Symbolism

Answer 18

When a color acts as a specific representation

Question 19

Exposition

Answer 19

The ver beginning of a story

Question 20

Rising action

Answer 20

Events at the beginning of the story that led up to the climx

Question 21

Imagery

Answer 21

Any reference which the five senses can be connected to

Question 22

Point of view

Answer 22

Perspective that the story is told

Question 23

Situational irony

Answer 23

A discrepancy between what is expected and what one would expect to happen

Question 24

Theme

Answer 24

The message about the human condition or life itself

Question 25

Literal

Answer 25

Language that means exactly what is says

Question 26

Denotation

Answer 26

The dictionary meaning of the word

Question 27

Allegory

Answer 27

An extended metaphor which can be taken on to levels

Question 28

Dramatic irony

Answer 28

A discrepancy between what the character knows and what the reader knows

Question 29

Mood

Answer 29

The feeling that an author creates during a specific scene

Question 30

Round

Answer 30

A fully developed character

Question 31

Tragic hero

Answer 31

Characters that make ill judgements

Question 32

Atmosphere

Answer 32

The mood or feeling of a work

Question 33

Versilimitude

Answer 33

The appearance of being true to a life story

Question 34

Objective

Answer 34

Surface-level writing which focuses on the strictest way of reporting a story

Question 35

Conflict

Answer 35

A battle that exists between good forces and evil forces

Question 36

Verbal irony

Answer 36

A discrepancy between what is said and what is meant

Question 37

Irony

Answer 37

A contrast or discrepancy between one thing or another

Question 38

Flat

Answer 38

A person who fits most stereotypical situations

Question 39

Byronic hero

Answer 39

An idealized character that actually suffers from several flaws

Question 40

Corporate POV

Answer 40

A unified voice of a collective group

Question 41

Static

Answer 41

A character that does not change