Vocab 4

Question 1

analogy

Answer 1

comparison; similarity between like features of two things

Question 2

anthropomorphism

Answer 2

giving human qualities to non-human things

Question 3

arete

Answer 3

striving for something perfection while knowing it cannot be reached

Question 4

aporia

Answer 4

talking about not being able to talking about something

Question 5

assonance

Answer 5

repetition of vowel sounds

Question 6

cacophony

Answer 6

meaningless repetition of sound

Question 7

cogito ergo sum

Answer 7

I think therefore I am

Question 8

consonance

Answer 8

repetition of consonant sounds

Question 9

didatic

Answer 9

intended to teach

Question 10

double entendre

Answer 10

double meaning

Question 11

ekphrastic

Answer 11

dramatic expression of a work of art

Question 12

epigram

Answer 12

short and witty poem

Question 13

heroic couplet

Answer 13

two rhyming lines of iambic pentameter

Question 14

hyperbole

Answer 14

exaggeration

Question 15

internal rhyme

Answer 15

two or more words in same line of verse that rhyme

Question 16

malopropism

Answer 16

misusing words for comical effect

Question 17

mood

Answer 17

atmosphere in literary work

Question 18

parody

Answer 18

humorous or satirical immitation

Question 19

primogeniture

Answer 19

being first born to inherit the fathers wealth

Question 20

polysyndeton

Answer 20

use of many conjunctions in a sentence

Question 21

repartee

Answer 21

quick witty reply

Question 22

rhyme scheme

Answer 22

repetition of rhyme

Question 23

satire

Answer 23

criticism in form of humor

Question 24

stanza

Answer 24

arrangement of lines in a poem

Question 25

synecdoche

Answer 25

when a part represents a whole