TERMS

Question 1

reference to the bible, history, literature, or art

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allusion

Question 2

a tale in verse or prose in which the characters represent abstract roles and moral kingdoms

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allegory

Question 3

repetition of initial consonant sounds in a line of poetry

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alliteration

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a comparison between two objects showing the similarities

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analogy

Question 5

a poetic foot of two unstressed followed by one stressed

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anapest

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the person or thing opposing the protagonist, and creating the conflict

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antagonist

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the balancing of two contrasting thoughts, words, phrases

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antithesis

Question 8

Poetic device in which the writer directly addresses a person, a place, or thing as if it were present

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apostrophe

Question 9

speech or comment which is intended for the audience and not heard by others on stage

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aside

Question 10

repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry

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assonance

Question 11

an author’s account of his life

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autobiography

Question 12

a poem that tells a story, usually in 4 line stanzas w/ 2nd or 4th line rhyming

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ballad

Question 13

ballad without an author; original ballad

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folk ballad

Question 14

an account of a person’s life as told by someone else

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biography

Question 15

poetic lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter

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blank verse

Question 16

break/pause in a line of poetry

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caesura

Question 17

section/division of poem

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canto

Question 18

decisive point of greatest suspension when the reader realizes the outcome

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climax

Question 19

a work that overcomes the problem created by antagonist; the protagonist extricates himself from the problem created by antagonist

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comedy

Question 20

type of comedy that deals with social intrigues of polished and sophisticated society. The humor comes from character’s violation of society’s rules

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comedy of manors (aka drawing room comedy, British comedy)

Question 21

the center of all literature; the clash faced by protagonist; presented by antagonist

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conflict

Question 22

repetition of consonant sounds in a line

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consonance

Question 23

a poet foot consisting of stressed followed by two unstressed

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dactyl

Question 24

a formal poem mourning the death of someone

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elegy

Question 25

sermon given at a funeral

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eulogy

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inscription in a tombstone

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epitaph

Question 27

a piece of nonfiction that expresses a personal point of view

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essay

Question 28

dignified and impersonal in tone, seeking to construct or persuade

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Formal Essay

Question 29

relaxed and conversational in tone, dealing with a wide variety

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informal essay

Question 30

part of a story that helps the reader understand the background in which things take place

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exposition

Question 31

a tale which uses animals with human characteristics to tell a moral truth

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fable

Question 32

the resolution of a work following the climax

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Falling action (Denouement)

Question 33

language that departs from the literal to achieve special effects. Use figure of speech

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Figurative

Question 34

device that permits writer to say on thing and mean another

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figures of speech

Question 35

two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter

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heroic couplet

Question 36

a verse line of 6 feet

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hexameter

Question 37

an exaggeration or overstatement intended for serious/humorous effect

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hyperbole

Question 38

a poetic foot of unstressed followed by stressed

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iamb

Question 39

rhyme scheme in which an unrhymed line in one stanza signals the rhyme in the following stanza

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interlocking rhyme

Question 40

rhyme that occurs within a line

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internal rhyme

Question 41

attribute or way of writing that depends on a discrepancy between what is apparent and what is real

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irony

Question 42

say one thing and mean something else

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verbal irony

Question 43

when the reader or audience perceives a mistake but the character is not aware about

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dramatic irony

Question 44

discrepancy between purpose and result. opposite happens from what you expect

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situation irony

Question 45

a sonnet having two parts - an octave (raises questions) and a sestet (answers question)

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italian sonnet

Question 46

standard phrase in old english by which something is described metaphorically, rather than directly

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kenning

Question 47

theatrical entertainment popular with 16th/17th-century aristocracy (play within a play, use of theatrical entertainment)

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mask

Question 48

two unlike words are compared without word of comparison

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metaphor

Question 49

a metaphor that compares two very different things

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metaphorical conceit

Question 50

a regular pattern of rhythm and poetry

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meter

Question 51

a trivial topic is treated humorously but it is approached in the grand style of an epic

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mock epic

Question 52

8 lines of a sonnet

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octave

Question 53

serious, dignified lyric poem written for a special occasion in honor of a particular person/abstract idea

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ode

Question 54

use of a word who's sound suggests its mean

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onomatopoeia

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figure of speech which depends on a paradoxical contrast between two startlingly different things

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oxymoron

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repetition of phrases that is similar in structure or meaning

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parallelism

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figure of speech in which something non-human is given human characteristics

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personification

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the person who faces the conflict represented by the antagonist

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protagonist

Question 59

sacred song/lyric

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psalm

Question 60

poetic stanza of 4 lines

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quatrain

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phrase/sentence repeated at intervals, especially at end o stanza

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refrain

Question 62

action which builds towards the climax

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rising action

Question 63

a piece of writing that holds up to ridicule weaknesses and wrongdoings of individual group. Seeks to change minds through laughter

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satire

Question 64

part of sonnet; six lines

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sestet

Question 65

figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared with like or as

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simile

Question 66

speech of some length, character is alone. Speaker reveals innermost thoughts and feelings

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soliloquy

Question 67

poem of 14 lines (usually iamb. pent.)

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sonnet

Question 68

a variable poetic meter when a stressed syllable is combined with any number of unstressed syllables

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sprung rhythm

Question 69

created by James Joyce. Attempts to imitate the flow of the character's thoughts and feeling as he is thinking

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stream of consciousness

Question 70

authors characteristic way of writing including word choice, arrangement of words in sentences, relationship of sentences to each other

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style

Question 71

word of phrase used to stand for an idea

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symbol

Question 72

brief, witty, pointed comment

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epigram

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movement in literature that poets tend to avoid direct statements, use symbols that suggest meaning and established mood

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symbolism

Question 74

verse form consisting of 3 line stanzas in which the middle line rhymes with 1st and 3rd lines of the following stanzas

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terzarima

Question 75

poetic line of 4 feet

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tetrameter

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an unequal struggle, protagonist doesn't solve conflict (classic tragedy has vision/growth)

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tragedy

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metrical line of 3 feet

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trimeter

Question 78

poetic foot stressed followed by unstressed

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trocheé

Question 79

way in which words are put together to form phrases

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syntax

Question 80

intricately patterned poem, 3 line stanzas except last is 4 lines. 1st and 3rd lines of poem is refrain

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villanelle