test 2

Question 0

the use of the concrete to represent the abstract; the use if material, sensory objects or being to represent intangible, invisible concepts

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symbolism

Question 1

the concrete of figurative, usually sensory, words and content of a work

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imagery

Question 2

a kind of extended symbolism where, throughout a narrative, the elements represent something there than themselves; usually abstractions are made concrete

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Allegory

Question 3

an explicit comparison between inline things, in which there is a state connective between the compared items (such as “like,” “as” or “than”)

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simile

Question 4

an implicit comparison between unlike things, in which there is no stated connective

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metaphor

Question 5

use if words which have (or develop) associations and implications apart from their explicit sense

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connotative

Question 6

use of words in their accepted, dictionary-defined sense

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denotative

Question 7

general word used to extract or detach theoretical,universal or ideal notions from the real world

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abstract

Question 8

particular,specific word used to portray the unique, complex nature of the real world

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concrete

Question 9

an extended metaphor or simile in which the compared items are alike in more ways then one aspect; usually highly elaborate and compares very dissimilar items

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conceit

Question 10

reference to anything outside the given text

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allusion

Question 11

the existence if a contrast between what is said and what is meant

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verbal irony

Question 12

the existence if a contrast between what is said,intended or done and what is inevitable, likely or true

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dramatic irony

Question 13

attribution of human properties to a thing,an animal or an abstract idea

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personification

Question 14

a direct address to a thing as if it wee a listening person, or a direct address to an absent person as if he it she were present

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apostrophe

Question 15

an apostrophe directed to a deity

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invocation

Question 16

an exaggeration, overstatement

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hyperbole

Question 17

the yoking together if incongruous or contradictory terms

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oxymoron

Question 18

an imitation of an artistic form or content for purpose of ridicule

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parody

Question 19

a self-contradictory statement which defies logic but expresses an individual or emotional truth

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paradox

Question 20

the repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more words in close proximity

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alliteration

Question 21

the repetition of identical cow sounds in close proximity

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assonance

Question 22

the imitation if the sense in the sound if words

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onomatopoeia

Question 23

a long narrative poem, in a heightened style, about the deeds of a great hero and his companions. epics usually focus in a time of crisis in the history if a culture and celebrate( at least implicitly) the highest ideals of the culture

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epic

Question 24

the treatment if a low or trivial subject on an epic manner in order to produce a sense of comic incongruity

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mock epic

Question 25

a story told in song,usually organized into four -lined stanzas and characterized by an impersonal tone simple language and a noble subject (usually tragic)

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ballad

Question 26

a short poem ( non-narrative) expressing an emotion or recording a meditation

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lyric

Question 27

a serious meditative poem, mournful or melancholy in tone

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elegy

Question 28

in most general usage, a serious lyric poem, characterized by heightened emotion, in which usually the speaker expressed admiration or awe for his subject

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ode