English Terms 1

Question 1

Accent

Answer 1

Where the stress is in a syllable

Question 2

Allegory:

Answer 2

A story that is symbolic but restricted to a single meaning

Question 3

Alliteration

Answer 3

Repetition of consonant sounds

Question 4

Allusion

Answer 4

A reference to something or someone from history or literature

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Ambiguity:

Answer 5

Allows for multiple interpretations

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Analogy

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A comparison of two different things that are similar in some wa

Question 7

Anapest

Answer 7

Unstressed/unstressed/stressed

Question 8

Anaphora

Answer 8

Repetition of words at the beginning of consecutive lines

Question 9

Anastrophe:

Answer 9

Words or phrases that are said backwards or mixed up

Question 10

Anecdote

Answer 10

A brief story

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

The character that opposes the protagonist, often the negative force

Question 12

Aphorism

Answer 12

A concise statement that expresses general truth

Question 13

Apostrophe

Answer 13

Speaking to someone who is absent or something nonhuman

Question 14

Archetyp

Answer 14

A universal symbol that crosses time and space

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Aside

Answer 15

Speech directed to the audience and unheard by other characters

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Assonance:

Answer 16

Repetition of a vowel sound

Question 17

Attitude

Answer 17

The feeling and position the author takes

Question 18

Ballad:

Answer 18

narrative poem/song

Question 19

Bathos

Answer 19

Insincere or overly sentimental

Question 20

Blank Verse:

Answer 20

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Question 21

Cacophony:

Answer 21

Language that is discordant or difficult to say; noisy language

Question 22

Cadence

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The rhythmic flow of sound or words

Question 23

Caesura

Answer 23

Pause separating phrases within lines of poetry

Question 24

Canonized:

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To sanction or approve a text, to place as “scripture”

Question 25

Canto

Answer 25

One of the divisions of a long poem

Question 26

Caricature

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A ludicrous exaggeration of a person or thing

Question 27

Carpe Diem

Answer 27

Seize the day

Question 28

Catharsis

Answer 28

Release of pity and fear by the audience at the end of a tragedy

Question 29

Chiasmus

Answer 29

A statement of two parts where the second part is reversed

Question 30

Classicism

Answer 30

Characteristics of literature/art from ancient Greece/Rome

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Comedy

Answer 31

A work intended to amuse the audience with no terrible disaster

Question 32

Conceit

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A clever, extended metaphor

Question 33

Conflict

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A struggle within the plot between opposing forces

Question 34

Connotation

Answer 34

Implied definition of a word

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Consonance

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Repetition of consonant sounds, not at the beginning of words

Question 36

Context

Answer 36

Parts of a statement that precede or follow a statement, influencing its meaning

Question 37

Convention:

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A characteristic in literature that has become accepted and understood as common practice

Question 38

Couplet:

Answer 38

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme and share a meter

Question 39

Crisis/Climax

Answer 39

Turning point in a story

Question 40

Dactylic

Answer 40

Stressed/unstressed/unstressed

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Denotation:

Answer 41

Dictionary definition of a word

Question 42

Denouement

Answer 42

“Unraveling,” plot resolution

Question 43

Dialogue

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Verbal exchange between characters

Question 44

Diction

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Word Choice

Question 45

Colloquial:

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Local Speech

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Formal

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In accordance with the usual requirements and customs

Question 47

Informal

Answer 47

Not according to prescribed, official, or customary way

Question 48

Slang:

Answer 48

Informal vocab, idioms

Question 49

Didactic

Answer 49

Intended for instruction, often to a fault

Question 50

Digression

Answer 50

A passage that deviates from the central point or theme

Question 51

Double Rhyme

Answer 51

A rhyme of two syllables where the second is unstressed

Question 52

Dramatic Irony:

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Irony that the audience understands that the characters don’t

Question 53

Dramatic Monologue

Answer 53

Lyric poem where a character addresses a silent audience imagined to be present