English Exam Vocab

Question 1

Figurative language

Answer 1

Non-literal expressions to get across certain ideas or things more vividly

Question 2

Images

Answer 2

The picture that a poem creates with vivid words that appeal to the readers

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

A direct comparison of two unlike objects

Question 4

Personification

Answer 4

A comparison that gives human qualities to inanimate objects

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison of two unlike objects using the words like or as

Question 6

Symbol

Answer 6

Something that stands for or represents something else

Question 7

Alliteration

Answer 7

Repetition of an initial consonant sound

Question 8

Assonance

Answer 8

Repetition of vowel sounds in words

Question 9

End Rhyme

Answer 9

Similar sounding words at the end of lines

Question 10

Mood

Answer 10

The atmosphere of a piece of writing

Question 11

Onomatopoeia

Answer 11

A word that makes the sound of the action it describes

Question 12

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 12

The pattern of end rhymes in a poem

Question 13

Rhythm

Answer 13

The basic beat in a line of poetry

Question 14

Couplet

Answer 14

Two lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 15

Free Verse

Answer 15

Poetry that is free of regular rhythm or rhyme

Question 16

Quatrain

Answer 16

Stanza of four lines

Question 17

Refrain

Answer 17

A word of phrase in a poem that is repeated throughout, frequently at regular intervals

Question 18

Sestet

Answer 18

Stanza of six lines

Question 19

Stanza

Answer 19

A group of lines in poetry, usually similar in length and pattern

Question 20

Narrative Poem

Answer 20

A poem that tells a story

Question 21

Ode

Answer 21

A poem that celebrates a subject

Question 22

Sonnet

Answer 22

A 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter that follows a particular rhyme

Question 23

Panels

Answer 23

Squares or rectangles that contain a single scene

Question 24

Gutters

Answer 24

Spaces between panels

Question 25

Dialog Balloons

Answer 25

Contain communication between/among characters

Question 26

Thought Balloon

Answer 26

Contain a characters thoughts

Question 27

Captions

Answer 27

Contain information about a scene or character

Question 28

Sound effects

Answer 28

Visual clues wonk

Question 29

Closure

Answer 29

When we acknowledge or image that something happens between panels, we construct closure. When we observe the parts, but perceive the whole, that is also closure.