Literary Terms 2

Question 1

Assonance

Answer 1

the repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables

Question 2

Colloquial

Answer 2

used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary

Question 3

Aubade

Answer 3

a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

Question 4

Comic relief

Answer 4

episodes in a dramatic or literary work that offset more serious sections.

Question 5

Ballad

Answer 5

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.

Question 6

Conceit

Answer 6

Excessive pride in oneself

Question 7

Blank Verse

Answer 7

verse without rhyme

Question 8

Connotation

Answer 8

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 9

Cacophony

Answer 9

a harsh discordant mixture of sounds

Question 10

Consonance

Answer 10

agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions.

Question 11

Carpe Diem

Answer 11

Living in the moment

Question 12

Conventional Character

Answer 12

stereotypical and of not much value in a story

Question 13

Catharsis

Answer 13

the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Question 14

Couplet

Answer 14

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme

Question 15

Chiasmus

Answer 15

a rhetorical or literary figure in which words are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form.

Question 16

Denotation

Answer 16

The literal meaning of a word