Lit Terms

Question 1

A thought it broken off by a line division in poetry and carries over into the next line
E.g Mr. Darcy (the poem)

Answer 1

Enjambment

Question 2

Poem, has no apparent rhyme or no end rhyme, or meter, no rhythm
E.g The Promotion

Answer 2

Free verse

Question 3

Unrhymed iambic pentameter (no end rhyme)
E.g in Hamlet

Answer 3

Blank verse

Question 4

4 feet, 8 syllables broken into unstressed followed by stress
E.g “I must to England you know that”

Answer 4

Iambic Tetrameter

Question 5

5 feet, 10 syllables broken into unstressed followed by stress
E.g “O all you host of heaven! O Earth what else?”

Answer 5

Iambic Pentameter

Question 6

A verbal command often with !
E.g Jump!

Answer 6

Imperative

Question 7

To + verb
E.g Mr. Darcy wanted TO RIDE his horse

Answer 7

Infinitive

Question 8

A verbal noun
Verb(ing) + noun
E.g LearnING is important

Answer 8

Gerund

Question 9

A verbal adjective often ending in ing/ed
Verb used as an adjective
E.g The CRYING infant

Answer 9

Participle

Question 10

Something is done to a character
E.g Ethan Frome is broken

Answer 10

Passive verb

Question 11

Character is doing something
E.g Ethan Frome breaks

Answer 11

Active verb

Question 12

1st, 2nd, and 3rd _____
1st = I/we, 2nd = you, 3rd = he/she/they

Answer 12

Person

Question 13

Unrealistic, contrived ending to a literary work; unearned ending

E.g the pirates in Hamlet

Answer 13

Deus ex machina

Question 14

A metrical foot that is unstressed followed by stress
E.g “O Hamlet Speak no more”

Answer 14

Iamb

Question 15

One piece of a longer poetic work
E.g “In Memoriam of AHH” Alfred Lord Tennyson

Answer 15

Canto

Question 16

A 4 line stanza

Answer 16

Quatrain

Question 17

Descriptive, usually figurative language that can be visual, auditory, tactile, or olfactory
E.g Ethan Frome’s bleak _______

Answer 17

Imagery

Question 18

Repeated patterns of sentence structure
E.g “To die to sleep to sleep perchance to dream”

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Parallel structure

Question 19

Common/everyday speech
E.g “y’all”

Answer 19

Colloquial style

Question 20

Repetition of nearby consonant sounds
E.g “treacherous lecherous”

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Consonance

Question 21

Metaphorical renaming, 2 things connected by close association (e.g cupid and love)
E.g Cupid to refer to love

Answer 21

Metonymy

Question 22

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
E.g crown represents power as the king and also the kingdom in Hamlet

Answer 22

Synecdoche

Question 23

A long, extended metaphor that is extremely complicated
E.g “Denmark’s a prison” in Hamlet

Answer 23

Conceit

Question 24

When a story starts in the middle
E.g Hamlet, As I Lay Dying, Sing Unburied Sing

Answer 24

In media res

Question 25

Narrative style that tells us what a character is thinking without regard to grammar + logic E.g Darl in As I Lay Dying

Answer 25

Stream of consciousness

Question 26

Things seem to contradict each other, but make sense together (E.g Jumbo shrimp) E.g "Jumbo shrimp"

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Oxymoron

Question 27

Saying one thing but meaning the opposite (sarcasm) E.g A mother tells her son she enjoyed watching that horror movie "about as much as a root canal."

Answer 27

Verbal irony

Question 28

We expect one thing and another occurs E.g Gogol doesn't like Nikhil but then ends up wanting to be called it

Answer 28

Situational irony

Question 29

Audience knows something that the character does not E.g Hamlet pretending to be mad but we know that he is pretending (Claudius does not)

Answer 29

Dramatic irony

Question 30

Poem of mourning/loss E.g O Captain my Captain

Answer 30

Elegy

Question 31

Poem of celebration that is optimistic and cheerful E.g ___ to joy

Answer 31

Ode

Question 32

Extreme under-exaggeration through irony

Answer 32

Litotes

Question 33

Extreme exaggeration

Answer 33

Hyperbole

Question 34

Addressing someone (person or object) directly who is either dead or not present E.g O Captain My Captain

Answer 34

Apostrophe

Question 35

Comedic strategy, mocking + criticism, irony + exaggeration E.g Pride and Prejudice

Answer 35

Satire

Question 36

Unexplained reference to something, usually from one literary piece to another

Answer 36

Allusion

Question 37

A form of narrative that uses plot, setting, or character to stand for a message that has a larger moral or lesson or makes a far-reaching commentary on real-world issues E.g Animal Farm by George Orwell

Answer 37

Allegory

Question 38

Perspective of story (1st, 2nd, 3rd). 1 = I, 2 = you, 3 = he/she/they

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Point of view

Question 39

Person speaking in novel/short story

Answer 39

Narrator

Question 40

Refers to the voice adopted by the author in a poem. The point of view from which the author is expressing the poem's message

Answer 40

Speaker

Question 41

How the reader is meant to feel when reading

Answer 41

Mood

Question 42

How the author feels/we think they feel when writing, their attitude toward the subject matter

Answer 42

Tone

Question 43

Indirectly referring to something that has a negative connotation, sugar-coating E.g somebody "passed away" instead of saying they died

Answer 43

Euphemism

Question 44

Poem with 19 lines, broken down into 5 tercets and a quatrain

Answer 44

Villanelle

Question 45

Two things that disprove each other, but still communicate something E.g school days are long. but somehow weeks are fast

Answer 45

Paradox

Question 46

Placement of two words/phrases for the purpose of contrast E.g war and peace

Answer 46

Juxtaposition

Question 47

Question with no answer, in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer E.g To be or not to be?

Answer 47

Rhetorical question

Question 48

Deliberate sentence structure E.g Darl's madness: "yes yes yes yes yes"

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Syntax

Question 49

Deliberate word choice (use an adjective before it in a thesis) E.g Jewel's "wooden" face to describe his coldness

Answer 49

Diction

Question 50

A three line stanza, often with end-rhyme

Answer 50

Tercet

Question 51

A two line stanza, often with end-rhyme

Answer 51

Couplet

Question 52

A comparison using "like" or "as" E.g Life is like a box of chocolates

Answer 52

Similie

Question 53

A comparison NOT using "like" or "as" E.g My mother is a fish

Answer 53

Metaphor

Question 54

A narrative structure that uses a frame to begin and end the story with the heart of the story enclosed within that frame E.g Ethan Frome, Frankenstein

Answer 54

Frame story

Question 55

Suggesting a future plot point, a hint

Answer 55

Foreshadowing