English Midterm

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Reference to a historical place, event, or movement

Question 2

Stanza

Answer 2

Group of lines forming basic metric verse

Question 3

Sonnet

Answer 3

14 lines

Rhyme scheme

Question 4

Verse

Answer 4

Writing arranged with metric rhythm

Question 5

Syntax

Answer 5

Word order - odd/not normal word order, sentence structure

Question 6

Couplet

Answer 6

Two lines in a verse usually joined by the same meter and rhyme

Question 7

Blank verse

Answer 7

Verse without rhyme

Iambic pentameter

Question 8

Poetry

Answer 8

Literary work without with special intensity to expression of feelings and ideas

Question 9

Connotation

Answer 9

Associative and suggestive meaning of a word

Question 10

Denotation

Answer 10

Words dictionary definition

Question 11

Diction

Answer 11

Word choice

Question 12

Explication

Answer 12

Process of analyzing and developing ideas

Question 13

Assonance

Answer 13

Rep of vowels

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

Rep of consonant sounds

Question 15

Free verse

Answer 15

No form

No rep

Question 16

Imagery

Answer 16

Visual descriptive language

Question 17

Prose

Answer 17

Language that’s not poetry

Question 18

Rhythm

Answer 18

Repeated patterns

Question 19

Paraphrase

Answer 19

Restating in own words

Question 20

Apostrophe

Answer 20

Where an absent person, thing, or abstract quality is addressed as if it were present

Question 21

Dramatic monologue

Answer 21

Poem where speaker addresses a silent audience

Question 22

Convention

Answer 22

Way things are done

Sonnet = 14 lines not 13

Question 23

Metric foot

Answer 23

Measurement of line poetry

Stressed then unstressed syllable

Question 24

Rhetoric

Answer 24

Persuasive speaking or writing

Question 25

Irony

Answer 25

Verbal - says one thing but means another Dramatic - audience knows more than characters Situational - ironic situation

Question 26

Romantic Era

Answer 26

1798-1837 Brit 1830-1865 American Individualism, thought, rural setting

Question 27

Modernist Era

Answer 27

1914-65 | Experimentation w form, dark view of world

Question 28

Post-Modern Era

Answer 28

1965-Now Regaining sense of purpose Social justice views

Question 29

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 29

1920&30s | Modern period but post modern views (racism)