Literary Terms 14-20

Question 1

ode

Answer 1

lyrical poem of some length usually of serious or meditative nature and having an elevated style and formal structure.

Question 2

onomatopoeia

Answer 2

the use of words whose sound suggest their meaning.

Question 3

opinion

Answer 3

see fact and opinion

Question 4

oral history

Answer 4

stories of peoples lives related by word of mouth

Question 5

oxymoron

Answer 5

a form of figurative language combining contradictory words or ideas

Question 6

paradox

Answer 6

a statement that seems to contradict itself but is, nevertheless, true.

Question 7

parallelism

Answer 7

the use of similar grammatical constructions to express ideas that are related or equal in importance.

Question 8

paraphrasing

Answer 8

the restatement of a text by readers in their own words or in another form

Question 9

parody

Answer 9

a literature or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an authors work for comic effect or ridicule

Question 10

personification

Answer 10

a figure of speech where animals, ideas or inanimate objects are given human characteristic

Question 11

perspective

Answer 11

see point of view

Question 12

persuasion

Answer 12

persuasive writing is meant to sway readers feeling beliefs or action

Question 13

play

Answer 13

see drama

Question 14

exposition

Answer 14

introduces the characters and the conflict they face

Question 15

inciting incident

Answer 15

the exposition and introduces of the central conflict within the story

Question 16

rising action

Answer 16

following the introduction of the central conflict complication arise as the characters struggle with the conflict

Question 17

climax

Answer 17

the turning point ,point of maximum interest

Question 18

falling action

Answer 18

the end of the central conflict in a story when the action starts to wind down

Question 19

subplot

Answer 19

additional minor plot that involves a secondary conflict in the story ; the subplot may or may not affect the main plot

Question 20

resolution or denouement

Answer 20

the climax and is where the conflicts are resolved and loose ends are tied up

Question 21

poetry

Answer 21

a type of literature in which ideas and feelings are expressed in compact imaginative and often musical language

Question 22

point of view

Answer 22

perspective from which a story is told

Question 23

1st person POV

Answer 23

the person telling the story is one of the character in the story

Question 24

2nd Person POV

Answer 24

refers to the use of “you” in explanations or arguments

Question 25

3rd Person POV

Answer 25

refers to the use of "you" in explanations or arguments

Question 26

predicting

Answer 26

the process of gathering information and combining it with the readers own knowledge to guess what might occur in the story

Question 27

primary source

Answer 27

a first hand account of an event

Question 28

propoganda

Answer 28

text that uses false or misleading information to present a slanted point of view

Question 29

prose

Answer 29

the ordinary form of spoken and written language that lacks the special features of poetry

Question 30

protagonist

Answer 30

see character

Question 31

questioning

Answer 31

the process of raising question while reading in an effort to understand character and events

Question 32

realistic fiction

Answer 32

imaginative writing set in real modern world

Question 33

refrain

Answer 33

repetition in literature of one or more lines at regular intervals sometimes called chorus

Question 34

repitition

Answer 34

a technique in which a sound word or phrase or line is repeated for effect or emphasis

Question 35

resolution

Answer 35

see plot

Question 36

rhyme

Answer 36

repetition of an identical or similarly accented sounds in a wok.Rhyme gives poem flows and rhythm helping the lyricist tell a story and convey a mood

Question 37

eye-rhyme

Answer 37

are words that when written appear to rhyme but when spoken do not

Question 38

internal rhyme

Answer 38

rhyme found within a line of poetry

Question 39

slant rhyme

Answer 39

a distinct time system of patterns composition in which 2 words have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common

Question 40

rhyme scheme

Answer 40

the pattern of end rhyme used in apoem generally indicated by matching lowercase letters to show which lines rhyme

Question 41

soliloquy

Answer 41

a speech deliverd by a charcater who is alone on ther stage

Question 42

sonnet

Answer 42

distinctive poetic stylethat uses a system or pattern of metrical structure and verse composition usually consisting of fourteen lines arrange in a set rhyme scheme or pattern

Question 43

sound devices

Answer 43

see alternation onomatopoeia repetion t\rhyme and rhythm

Question 44

speaker

Answer 44

the voice that speaks to the reader ina poem as the narrator does in a work of fiction

Question 45

speech

Answer 45

a talk give in public

Question 46

stage direction

Answer 46

the instruction to the actors director and stage crew in the script of play

Question 47

rhythm

Answer 47

refers to the pattern of flow of sounds created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

Question 48

Rising Action

Answer 48

see plot

Question 49

sarcasm

Answer 49

use of praise to mock someone or something the use of mockery or verbal irony

Question 50

satire

Answer 50

a literary technique in which ideas or customs are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society,

Question 51

scanning

Answer 51

the process of searching through writing for a particular fact or piece of information

Question 52

scene

Answer 52

a section in a play presenting events that occur in one place at a time

Question 53

science fiction

Answer 53

prose writing in which a writers unexpected possibilities of the past or the future by using scientific data and theories as well as his or her imagination

Question 54

secondary source

Answer 54

a secondary source presents information compiled from or based on other sources

Question 55

sensory details

Answer 55

words and phrases that help readers see hear taste or smell what an author is describing

Question 56

sequence

Answer 56

the order in which events occur or in which ideas are presented.

Question 57

setting

Answer 57

the time place physical details and circumstances in which a story occurs.

Question 58

short story

Answer 58

a brief work of fiction that generally focuses on one or 2 main characters who faced a single problem or conflict.

Question 59

simile

Answer 59

a type of figurative language that makes comparisons between two unlike objects using "like" or "as"