Semester 2 Final

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of initial constant counds

Question 2

personification

Answer 2

nonhuman objects are given human characteristics

Question 3

rhyme scheme

Answer 3

regular pattern of rhyming words

Question 4

simile

Answer 4

comparison using like or as

Question 5

quatrain

Answer 5

a stanza or poem made up of four lines usually with a different rhyme

Question 6

narrative poem

Answer 6

a poem that tells a story and has a plot

Question 7

poetry

Answer 7

a literary work written in verse format

Question 8

jargon

Answer 8

nonsense words; specifically used for an occupation

Question 9

tone

Answer 9

a writers voice and attitude in a piece

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

language that appeals to the sense

Question 11

paraphrase

Answer 11

to put something into your own words

Question 12

repetition

Answer 12

use of any element of language more than once

Question 13

rhyme

Answer 13

repetition of sounds at the end or words

Question 14

couplet

Answer 14

a pair of rhyming lines in a poem considered a unit

Question 15

implied metaphor

Answer 15

a comparison of two unlike things, but they are not specifically stated or explained

Question 16

syntax

Answer 16

the study of the rules for the formation of grammatical sentences

Question 17

symbol

Answer 17

anything that stands for or represents something else

Question 18

lyrics poetry

Answer 18

a type of emotional, song-like poetry

Question 19

assonance

Answer 19

repetition of vowel sounds followed by different constants in 2 or more stressed syllables

Question 20

dramatic poetry

Answer 20

poetry that occurs when there is more than one speaker

Question 21

mood

Answer 21

the feeling created on the reader by a literary work or passage

Question 22

stanza

Answer 22

a formal division of lines in a poem; considered a unit

Question 23

rhythm

Answer 23

uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat in a line of poetry

Question 24

metaphor

Answer 24

a comparison that does not use ‘like’ or ‘as’; one thing is spoken of as if it were something else

Question 25

irony

Answer 25

the general term for literary techniques that portray differences between appearance and reality, or expectation and result

Question 26

diction

Answer 26

word choice: vocabulary vividness of language, etc.

Question 27

THEME

Answer 27

central message or insight into life revealed through a literary work

Question 28

allusion

Answer 28

a reference to a real person, place, thing, event. etc. in a work/piece of literature

Question 29

climax

Answer 29

greatest point of interest; changing point of the story

Question 30

figurative language

Answer 30

writing or speech not meant to be interpreted literally; used to create vivid impressions by setting up comparisons