english literary terms quiz #3 Flashcards
rhetorical question
A question asked for effect, not an expectation of a reply
Reliability
A quality of some fictional narrators whose word the reader can trust
soliloquy
A speech in which a character who is alone speaks his or her thoughts aloud
stereotype
A conventional pattern, expression, character or idea
syllogism
A form of reasoning in which two statements are made and a conclusion is drawn from them
thesis
The theme, meaning or position that a writer undertakes to prove or support
alliteration
The repetition of identical or similar consonant sounds, normally at the beginning of words
assonance
The repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds
ballad meter
A four-line stanza rhymed ABCD with 4 feet in lines 1 and three and 3 feet in lines two and four
blank verse
unrhymed iambic pentameter
