Final exam

Question 1

Narratory block

Answer 1

A caption from a character or narrator

Question 2

Emanata

Answer 2

Unrealistic pictorial elements emanating from a character, symbolizing something about that character

Question 3

Aside

Answer 3

A character by themself

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it

Question 5

Paradox

Answer 5

A statement that leads to a conclusion that seems senseless, logically unacceptable, or self-contradictory

Question 6

Oxymoron

Answer 6

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 7

Dramatic irony

Answer 7

When the audience knows something the characters don’t

Question 8

Situational irony

Answer 8

something happening that is very different to what was expected

Question 9

Character Foil

Answer 9

a device used by writers to contrast or reflect another character

Question 10

Scansion

Answer 10

the action of scanning a line of verse to determine its rhythm