Lit terms

Question 1

active voice

Answer 1

robert crushed the apple

Question 2

allegory

Answer 2

extended metaphor

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

repetition of a consonant sound

Question 4

allusion

Answer 4

reference to another work

bible, mythology

Question 5

analogy

Answer 5

comparison

Question 6

anaphora

Answer 6

Repetition of a word/ phrase at beginning of lines

Question 7

aphorism

Answer 7

brief statement of opinion of elemental truth

Question 8

apostrophe

Answer 8

speaking to someone who isnt there

God, other power

Question 9

Assonance

Answer 9

repetition of a vowel sound

Question 10

blank verse

Answer 10

unrhymed iambic pentambeter

Question 11

caesura

Answer 11

a pause

Question 12

carpe diem

Answer 12

seize the day

Question 13

connotation

Answer 13

feelings associated to words

Question 14

consonance

Answer 14

live love

Question 15

couplet

Answer 15

two rhyming lines

Question 16

denotation

Answer 16

dictionary definition

Question 17

dialcet

Answer 17

regional speech patterns

Question 18

diction

Answer 18

word choice

Question 19

elegy

Answer 19

formal poem for the dead

Question 20

ellipses

Answer 20

…

adds suspense, words leftout

Question 21

epistrophe

Answer 21

ending lines with the same word/ phrase

Question 22

euphemism

Answer 22

less offensive word choice

Question 23

foil

Answer 23

a contrasting character, complements main character

Question 24

foot

Answer 24

stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 25

free verse

Answer 25

poetry irregularity in line length, not typical rhyme or pattern

Question 26

hyperbole

Answer 26

exaggeration

Question 27

imagery

Answer 27

5 senses

Question 28

irony

Answer 28

the fire station burned down

Question 29

jargon

Answer 29

speech and vocab for a certain group of people

Question 30

juxtaposition

Answer 30

opposites adds emphasis

Question 31

lyric

Answer 31

poem where speaker expresses personal emotion or thoughts

Question 32

malapropism

Answer 32

comical misuse of words

Question 33

meaphor

Answer 33

comparing

Question 34

meter

Answer 34

pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 35

metonymy

Answer 35

crown for king

Question 36

metric line

Answer 36

a line named for the number of feet in it | monometer, dimetere...

Question 37

ode

Answer 37

a serious lyric poem

Question 38

onomatpoeia

Answer 38

buzz

Question 39

paradox

Answer 39

silent love grows louder mental ambiguity, seeks clarity

Question 40

parallelism

Answer 40

pattern creating rhythm. similar structure

Question 41

panegyric

Answer 41

praise

Question 42

passive voice

Answer 42

the apple was crushed by robert.

Question 43

pastoral

Answer 43

simple country life

Question 44

personification

Answer 44

giving human characteristics to non human things

Question 45

ploce

Answer 45

repeating words within the same line or cluase

Question 46

point of view

Answer 46

perspective from which the story is told

Question 47

pun

Answer 47

play on words comical

Question 48

refrain

Answer 48

a line, part of a line, or group of lines releated in the course of a poem

Question 49

repetition

Answer 49

adds emphasis

Question 50

rhyme

Answer 50

echo or imitation of a sound

Question 51

rhythm

Answer 51

a sense of movement from the stressed and unstressed syllables

Question 52

satire

Answer 52

making fun of something to promote change

Question 53

shift

Answer 53

a change in setting tone or speakers

Question 54

simile

Answer 54

comparing using like or as

Question 55

soliloquy

Answer 55

a speech in a play to reveal inner thoughts

Question 56

sonnet

Answer 56

14 lined poem in iambic pentameter.

Question 57

stanza

Answer 57

group of lines

Question 58

symbol

Answer 58

an object that signifies something greater than itself

Question 59

synecdoche

Answer 59

all hands on deck

Question 60

theme

Answer 60

main point, basic truth, portrayed by story/ poem

Question 61

verse

Answer 61

lines of poetry, contrasting prose