English final semester 2

Question 1

Sonnet

Answer 1

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Question 2

Iambic pentameter

Answer 2

poetic meter made up of 5 stressed syllables followed by an unstressed syllable

Question 3

Blank verse

Answer 3

Poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 4

Metaphor

Answer 4

A comparison without using like or as

Question 5

Simile

Answer 5

A comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 6

Allusion

Answer 6

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

Question 7

Pun

Answer 7

a humorous play on words

Question 8

Paradox

Answer 8

a statement that seems false but is actually true

Question 9

Personification

Answer 9

the giving of human qualities to an animal, object, or idea

Question 10

Aside

Answer 10

a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage

Question 11

Dramatic irony

Answer 11

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn’t

Question 12

situational irony

Answer 12

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Question 13

Couplet

Answer 13

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 14

foil

Answer 14

A character who acts as a contrast to another character

Question 15

Foreshadowing

Answer 15

A warning or indication of a future event

Question 16

Soliloquy

Answer 16

A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage

Question 17

Monologue

Answer 17

A long speech made by one performer or by one person in a group.

Question 18

Oxymoron

Answer 18

A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase.

Question 19

Hyperbole

Answer 19

extreme exaggeration

Question 20

Rhyme

Answer 20

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Question 21

Rhthym

Answer 21

repeated pattern of sound or movement.

Question 22

Tone

Answer 22

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Question 23

Diction

Answer 23

A writer’s or speaker’s choice of words

Question 24

imagery

Answer 24

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