Metalanguage

Question 1

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art

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Allusion

Question 2

The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

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Anaphora

Question 3

The opposition of words or phrases against each other, e.g., “more light and light, more dark and dark our woes!”

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Antithesis

Question 4

Repetition of vowel sounds within words close in proximity

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Assonance

Question 5

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

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Blank verse

Question 6

Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.

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Consonance

Question 7

Repetition of initial consonant sounds

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Alliteration

Question 8

Dropping of sounds from a word indicated by dropped letters marked with an apostrophe

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Contraction

Question 9

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

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Couplets

Question 10

Irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

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Dramatic irony

Question 11

A fatal flaw; the cause of downfall of a tragic hero

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Hamartia

Question 12

A character who contrasts and parallels the main character in a play or story

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Foil

Question 13

A narrative device that hints at coming events; often builds suspense or anxiety in the reader

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Foreshadowing

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A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, e.g.,”MONday’s CHILD is Fair of Face, TUESday;s CHILD is FULL of GRACE,…”

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Iambic pentameter

Question 15

Description that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste)

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Imagery

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Comparison between two unlike things WITHOUT using like or as often used as imagery

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Metaphor

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A specific form of antithesis where an author places incongruous or contradictory words next to each other, e.g., “cold fire” or “bright smoke”.

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Oxymoron

Question 18

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

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Paradox

Question 19

Moments of silence strategically used to enhance meaning

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Pauses

Question 20

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

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Personification

Question 21

Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

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Rhythm

Question 22

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

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Rhyme

Question 23

Comparison of things that have something in common using “like” or “as”

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Similes

Question 24

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

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Soliloquy

Question 25

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant

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Verbal irony

Question 26

A distinct pause within a line of verse, often near the centre

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Caesura

Question 27

A genre of story in which a hero is brought down by his/her own flaws, usually by ordinary human flaws, - flaws like greed, over-ambition, or even an excess of love, honour, or loyalty

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Tragedy

Question 28

A device in literature where an object represents an idea

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Symbolism

Question 29

A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances, especially in reference to fictional narrative; common technique in tragedy

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Peripeteia

Question 30

The point in a play, novel, etc., in which the hero recognises or discovers another character's true identity or the true nature of their own circumstances; change from ignorance to knowledge

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Anagnorisis

Question 31

A release of emotional tension; purgation; purification

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Catharsis

Question 32

The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself

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Equivocation

Question 33

The act of killing a king

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Regicide

Question 34

Wrongfully seizing and holding by force

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Usurpation

Question 35

Repetition of words derived from the same root, e.g., But yet I'll make assurance double sure and take a bond of fate

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Polyptoton

Question 36

Language without any rhythm, metric scheme or rhyme

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Prose

Question 37

Repetition at the end of successive phrases or clauses

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Epistrophe

Question 38

Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis

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Repetition

Question 39

Brief comment or address to the audience that shows the character's unspoken throughs, unheard by other characters on state

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Aside

Question 40

A plosive speech sound. The basic plosives in English are t, k, and p and d, g, and b

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Plosive

Question 41

Formed by constricting air flow through the vocal tract (f, v, th, z, s, sh, sion)

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Fricative

Question 42

A type of alliteration in which the "s" sound is repeated

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Sibilance

Question 43

When a sentence or phrase continues or spills from one line in a poem over into the next

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Enjambment

Question 44

A lighter or milder word used in substitution of a harsh word when referring to something unpleasant

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Euphemism