Lit Terms Final

Question 1

The repeating of consonant sounds. The repetition can be put side by side (for example, “sleepy sun sank slowly over the sea”).

Answer 1

alliteration

Question 2

A group of people that experience a work

Answer 2

audience

Question 3

unrhyming verse in iambic pentameter

Answer 3

blank verse

Question 4

the manner in which an author develops characters and their personalities.

Answer 4

characterization

Question 5

a literary device that can be defined as having two successive rhyming lines in a verse, and has the same meter to form a complete thought.

Answer 5

couplet

Question 6

word choice, or the style of speaking that a writer, speaker, or character uses.

Answer 6

dictation

Question 7

a rhyme involving a word in the middle of s line of a line in the middle of the next

Answer 7

internal rhyme

Question 8

a figure of speech that makes an implicit, implied, or hidden comparison between two things that are unrelated, but which share some common characteristics

Answer 8

metaphor

Question 9

a type of metrical line used in traditional untressed-stress

Answer 9

iambic pentameter

Question 10

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.

Answer 10

onomataopeia

Question 11

ontrary to expectations, existing belief or perceived opinion. “In order to lead, you must walk behind.”

Answer 11

paradox

Question 12

figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human attributes.

Answer 12

personification

Question 13

the reason an author decides to write about a specific topic.

Answer 13

purpose of the author

Question 14

When a writer attempts to describe something so that it appeals to our sense of smell, sight, taste, touch, or hearing

Answer 14

imagery

Question 15

an extreme exaggeration used to make a point. It is like the opposite of “understatement.”

Answer 15

hyperbole

Question 16

A measured pattern of words and phrases arranged by sound, time, or events. These patterns are [created] in verse or prose by use of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Answer 16

rhythm

Question 17

a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things.

Answer 17

simile

Question 18

a device often used in drama when a character speaks to oneself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.

Answer 18

soliloquy

Question 19

rhyme where vowels or constennts of stressed syllables are identical

Answer 19

slant rhyme

Question 20

the use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

Answer 20

symbolism

Question 21

defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.

Answer 21

theme

Question 22

shakespeare rhyme scheme

Answer 22

a
b
a
b
c
d
c
d

e
f
e
f
g
g

Question 23

the turn of thought or argument in sonnets

Answer 23

turn

Question 24

when, for instance, a man is chuckling at the misfortune of another, even when the same misfortune is, unbeknownst to him, befalling him.

Answer 24

situational irony

Question 25

occurs when a speaker speaks something contradictory to what he intends to say.

Answer 25

verbal irony

Question 26

the simple repeating of a word, within a short space of words (including in a poem), with no particular placement of the words to secure emphasis.

Answer 26

repetion

Question 27

an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Answer 27

tone