10th Grade Lit. Vocab 2

Question 1

oxymoron

Answer 1

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect
Ex: cruel kindness, to make haste slowly

Question 2

polysyndeton

Answer 2

the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession

Question 3

quatrain

Answer 3

a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

Question 4

refrain

Answer 4

a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza

Question 5

cadence/rhythm

Answer 5

rhythmic flow of a sequence of words or sounds

Question 6

rhetoric

Answer 6

the undue use of exaggeration or display

Question 7

satire

Answer 7

the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

Question 8

stream of consciousness

Answer 8

of, pertaining to, or characterized by a manner of writing in which a character’s thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences, structure, etc.

Question 9

synecdoche

Answer 9

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, general for special or special for general