Final

Question 1

Narrative poem

Answer 1

Telling a long, involved story in chronological order

Question 2

Quatrain

Answer 2

A stanza of 4 lines

Question 3

Refrain

Answer 3

Repeated word, line, or group of lines at the end of a stanza

Question 4

Frame story

Answer 4

A narrative that frames or surrounds another story or set of stories

Question 5

Exemplum

Answer 5

A story used to illustrate an ethical point (theme and lesson)

Question 6

Morality play

Answer 6

A kind of drama that presents a lesson about good conduct and character

Question 7

Allegory

Answer 7

Narrative that serves as an extended metaphor

Question 8

Ballad

Answer 8

Popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form

Question 9

Symbolism

Answer 9

An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning

Question 10

Sonnet

Answer 10

14 line lyric poem, single theme, usually in iambic pentameter

Question 11

Sonnet cycle

Answer 11

Whole series of sonnets - same topic and theme

Question 12

Octave

Answer 12

Eight-line stanza, raises a question/problem

Question 13

Sestet

Answer 13

Six-line stanza, answers/solves

Question 14

Volta

Answer 14

9th line turn in Italian sonnet

Question 15

Iambic pentameter

Answer 15

A line of poetry that contains five iambs (unstressed stressed)

Question 16

Rhyme scheme

Answer 16

Rhymed words at the ends of lines (labeled a, b, etc.)

Question 17

Metaphor

Answer 17

Comparison of unlike things

Question 18

Similie

Answer 18

A comparison using like or as

Question 19

Paradox

Answer 19

A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

An implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant

Question 21

Imagery

Answer 21

Description that appeals to the senses

Question 22

Hyperbole

Answer 22

Exaggeration

Question 23

Apostrophe

Answer 23

Addressing something non-human as if it were human

Question 24

Diction

Answer 24

The words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning

Question 25

Tone

Answer 25

The means by which a writer converys attitudes

Question 26

Theme

Answer 26

Central message

Question 27

Point of view

Answer 27

What the character/narrator telling the story can see

Question 28

Narrative intrusion

Answer 28

An omniscient narrator who reports events and offers further comments on characters and events

Question 29

Grotesque

Answer 29

A one-dimensional character

Question 30

Epiphany

Answer 30

A moment of sudden revelation or insight

Question 31

Pastoral verse

Answer 31

Imagery of nature and shepherds in idealized portrayal of life in the countryside