Asselta - Terms - Midterm

Question 1

A reference to history, the Bible, art, or literature.

Answer 1

Allusion

Question 2

Noun or pronoun, which explains another noun or pronoun.

Answer 2

Appositive

Question 3

A tale in verse or pros, in which the characters represent an abstract idea or moral quality.

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Allegory

Question 4

Repetition of an initial consonant of a word in a line.

Answer 4

Alliteration

Question 5

A comparison between two objects for the purpose of showing similarity.

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Analogy

Question 6

A poetic foot of two unstressed, followed by one stressed syllable.

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Anapest

Question 7

The person who opposes the protagonist. Always starts the conflict.

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Antagonist

Question 8

The balance of two contrasting thoughts, words, or phrases.

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Antithesis

Question 9

A poetic device where the author addresses a place or thing as it was present in the room.

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Apostrophe

Question 10

Speech in plays where the comment is intended for the ears of the audience only, not the others on stage. One of the four Shakespearian Conventions.

Answer 10

Aside

Question 11

A poem that tells a story, usually in a four line stanza, with the 2nd and 4th line rhyming.

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Ballad

Question 12

A poem that tells a story, usually in a four line stanza, with the 2nd and 4th line rhyming. The author is unknown.

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Folk Ballad

Question 13

A poem that tells a story, usually in a four line stanza, with the 2nd and 4th line rhyming. The author is known.

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Literary Ballad

Question 14

Poetic lines of emphasized iambic pentameter .

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Blank Verse

Question 15

A break or pause in a line of poetry.

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Cesura

Question 16

A section or division of a long poem.

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Canto

Question 17

The decisive point in a work. The greatest point of intensity that determines the outcome. Usually near the end of a work.

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Climax

Question 18

Dealing with social intrigues of a polished and sophisticated society. The humor stems from the characters’ violation of social conventions and decorum, and from the witty dialogue. Also known as Drawing Room Comedy or British Humor.

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Comedy of Manners

Question 19

Center of all literature. Clash of viewpoints, Struggle around which the plot revolves. Problem of the protagonist.

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Conflict

Question 20

Repetition of consonant sounds in a word.

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Consonance

Question 21

Poetic foot of one stressed, followed by two unstressed.

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Dactyl

Question 22

Formal poem concerning death of an individual.

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Elegy

Question 23

Sermon at a funeral.

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Eulogy

Question 24

Consisting of three quatrains and a couplet.

1. All sonnets are 14 lines.
2. Quatrains state problem.
3. Couplet solves problem.

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Elizabethan Sonnet

Question 25

A brief, witty pointed covenant.

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Epigram

Question 26

A short poem and memory of someone who has died, written on a tombstone.

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Epitaph

Question 27

A piece of non-fiction pros that express a personal POV: 1. Formal - Dignified and impersonal in tone. Seeks to instruct or persuade. 2. Informal - Conversational and relaxed. Can deal with any topic.

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Essay

Question 28

Part of a story that helps reader understand the background of a situation.

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Exposition

Question 29

Resolution after climax; denouncement.

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Falling Action

Question 30

Language that departs from the strictly literal. Uses figures of speech.

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Figurative Language

Question 31

Writer can say one things and mean something else.

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Figure of Speech

Question 32

Two rhymed lines of iambic pentameter.

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Heroic Couplet

Question 33

A verse line consisting of six lines.

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Hexameter

Question 34

Exaggeration or overstatement. Used for serious or comedic effect.

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Hyperbole

Question 35

Verse line with five iambs. 1. Iambic Pentameter is most common verse in English literature. 2. Iamb - Unstressed followed by a stressed consonant.

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Iambic Pentameter

Question 36

Unrhymed line in one stanza simplifies the rhyme in the following stanza.

Answer 36

Interlocking Rhyme

Question 37

A rhyme that occurs within a line of poetry.

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Internal Rhyme

Question 38

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

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Irony

Question 39

Say one thing and mean something else.

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Verbal Irony

Question 40

The audience knows something that the characters do not.

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Dramatic Irony

Question 41

Discrepancy between what happens and what is expected to happen.

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Situation Irony

Question 42

Repetition of vowel sounds in a line of poetry.

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Assonance

Question 43

A story where the hero overcomes his obstacles.

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Comedy

Question 44

Octave and Sestet. | - Raises question and answers it.

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Italian Sonnet

Question 45

When things are desired metaphorically rather than direct.

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Kenning

Question 46

Theatrical entertainment popular among the English Aristocracy in the late 16th and early 17th century; songs, dances, costumes, stage effects, lyric, poetry, play within a play.

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Mosque

Question 47

Two unlike words compared with no word of comparison.

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Metaphor

Question 48

Metaphor that compares to startlingly different things.

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Metaphysical Conceit

Question 49

Regular pattern of rhythm in poetry.

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Meter

Question 50

Work in which something trivial is viewed humorously be approaching in the grand heroic style of the epic.

Answer 50

Mock Epic

Question 51

First eight lines of an Italian Sonnet.

Answer 51

Octave

Question 52

Serious, dignified, lyric poem for a special occasion in honor of a person/idea.

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Ode

Question 53

Sound that suggests meaning.

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Onomatopoeia

Question 54

Figure of speech that depends on a paradox between two startling different things.

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Oxymoron

Question 55

Repetition of phrases similar in structure or meaning.

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Parallelism

Question 56

Something non-human is given human qualities.

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Personification

Question 57

Hero (central character) in story who faces the conflict.

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Protagonist

Question 58

Sacred song or lyric.

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Psalm

Question 59

Poetic stanza of four lines.

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Quatrain

Question 60

Action that builds to climax.

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Rising Action

Question 61

Writing that holds human weakness up to ridicule, and seeks to persuade through laughter.

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Satire

Question 62

Two unlike things compared with "like" or "as."

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Simile

Question 63

Lengthy speech in which a speaker ism alone and reveals his innermost thoughts/feelings.

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Soliloquy

Question 64

Variable poetic meter, one stressed followed by any number of unstressed.

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Sprung Rhythm

Question 65

Imitation of a characters thoughts.

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Stream of Consciousness

Question 66

Authors way of writing - Word Choice - Arrangement - Relationship of Sentences

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Style

Question 67

Metrical line of three feet.

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Trimiter

Question 68

Metrical line of four feet.

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Tetrameter

Question 69

Word used to stand for an idea.

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T Symbol

Question 70

Literary movement when poets worked through symbols.

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Symbolsim

Question 71

Verse form consisting of three line stanzas in which the middle line of each stanza rhymes with the first and third line in the other two stanzas.

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Terza Rima

Question 72

A poetic foot stressed followed by unstressed.

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Trochee

Question 73

Intricately patterned poem with three line stanzas and the final stanza has four lines. First and third lines in the first stanza are used as refrains in succeeding stanzas and form last two lines of poem.

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Villanelle