Final Exam

Question 1

A comparison between 2 unlike things w the intent of adding meaning to 1 of them that lasts over several lines

Answer 1

Extended metaphor

Question 2

A comparison between 2 unlike things w the intent of adding meaning to one of them

Answer 2

Metaphor

Question 3

A comparison between 2 unlike things through use of words (like, as, if, this)

Answer 3

Simile

Question 4

An extended comparison that grows in excitement and usually ends in a climax

Answer 4

Epic/homeric

Question 5

Long narrative poem that tells adventures of heroes who embody values and traits there civilisation admires

Answer 5

Epic

Question 6

Stories focusing on humans w special abilities and combines fact and fiction

Answer 6

Legend

Question 7

Appeal/prayer to gods for help w inspiration

Answer 7

Invocation

Question 8

A speech in which a character, alone in stage, expresses his thoughts alone

Answer 8

Soliloquy

Question 9

Words spoken on stage in undertone, not intended to be heard by others

Answer 9

Aside

Question 10

Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Answer 10

Blank verse

Question 11

Alternating unstressed an stressed syllables in groups of 5 in a line of verse

Answer 11

Iambic pentameter

Question 12

Bringing together of 2 contradictory terms

Answer 12

Oxymoron

Question 13

A descriptive adjective or phrase used to characterize someone or something

Answer 13

Epithet

Question 14

Use of hints or clues to suggest actions to come

Answer 14

Foreshadow

Question 15

A belief system that involves worshipping of many gods

Answer 15

Polytheistic

Question 16

Gods/godesses

Answer 16

Deities

Question 17

Possessing human characteristics and traits

Answer 17

Anthropomorphic

Question 18

Wandering entertainer who sings songs and tells tales

Answer 18

Rhapsode

Question 19

Literary work in which the main character meets an unhappy ending

Answer 19

Tragedy

Question 20

2 rhyming lines which mark the end if a scene

Answer 20

Couplet

Question 21

Story acted out on stage/tv by actors who take specific parts

Answer 21

Drama

Question 22

Repetition of sounds - usually consonants

Answer 22

Alliteration

Question 23

Vantage point from which a story is told

Answer 23

Point of view

Question 24

Scene that interrupts that action to show an event that happened earlier

Answer 24

Flashback

Question 25

Main idea or basic meaning - message about life

Answer 25

Theme

Question 26

Animal, object, natural force or idea is given human characteristics

Answer 26

Personification

Question 27

Person, animals, things, or forces presented as people

Answer 27

Character

Question 28

Sequence of events

Answer 28

Plot

Question 29

Object, person, place, or action that has meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself

Answer 29

Symbol

Question 30

Time, place, and environment of story

Answer 30

Setting

Question 31

A character who is contrasted w another

Answer 31

Foil

Question 32

Long uninterrupted speech that is spoken aloud in the presence of other characters

Answer 32

Monologue

Question 33

Humorous play on words

Answer 33

Pun

Question 34

Repetition of a sound in 2 or more words/phrases that are close to each other

Answer 34

Rhyme

Question 35

Reference in one work of literature to person, place, or event in another work of literature or in history, art, or music

Answer 35

Allusion

Question 36

List of sources used in a research paper

Answer 36

Works cited

Question 37

Contrast between what is stated and what is meant or what is expected and what happens

Answer 37

Irony

Question 38

Reader knows something a character does not

Answer 38

Dramatic irony

Question 39

The opposite happens from what was expected

Answer 39

Situational irony

Question 40

What is said is opposite of what is meant

Answer 40

Verbal irony

Question 41

Language that appeals to the senses

Answer 41

Imagery

Question 42

Establishes intention and organisation of paper

Answer 42

Thesis

Question 43

Areas of proof of the judgement

Answer 43

Criteria

Question 44

Opinion of writer that will be backed up w proof

Answer 44

Judgement

Question 45

Giving credit to words or ideas taken from a source

Answer 45

Citation

Question 46

Struggle between opposing forces

Answer 46

Conflict

Question 47

The attitude a writer takes toward a subject

Answer 47

Tone

Question 48

Feeling created in reader

Answer 48

Mood

Question 49

14 line lyric poem - usually in rhymed iambic pentameter

Answer 49

Sonnet

Question 50

Writing that holds up to ridicule

Answer 50

Satire