English 11 Review

Question 1

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Answer 1

Allusion

Question 2

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex.

Answer 2

Climax

Question 3

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Answer 3

Connotation

Question 4

a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.

Answer 4

Flashback

Question 5

be a warning or indication of (a future event).

Answer 5

Foreshadowing

Question 6

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.

Answer 6

Personification

Question 7

someone telling you his or her story

Answer 7

1st person

Question 8

you being told how you should do something

Answer 8

2nd Person

Question 9

the he/she/it/they perspective.

Answer 9

3rd Person

Question 10

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

Answer 10

Hyperbole

Question 11

a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

Answer 11

Iambic Pentameter

Question 12

visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

Answer 12

Imagery

Question 13

the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ).

Answer 13

Onomatopoeia

Question 14

happens when a character’s dialogue is spoken but not heard by the other actors on the stage. Asides are useful for giving the audience special information about the other characters onstage or the action of the plot.

Answer 14

Aside

Question 15

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Answer 15

Soliloquy