Final Exam

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

When the entire poem can be read and interpreted at 2 different levels

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of consonants

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

A reference to history or to previous literature

Question 4

Apostrophe

Answer 4

Addressing someone or something as if that person/thing was there

Question 5

Archetype

Answer 5

A recurring image/symbol which connects one literary work to another; the product of the “collective uncounscious”

Question 6

Assonance

Answer 6

Repetition of vowels

Question 7

Cacophony

Answer 7

A harsh or disagreeable sound effect

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

use/choice of words + level of language

Question 9

Euphony

Answer 9

A pleasant sound effect

Question 10

Figurative language

Answer 10

Language using figures of speech; should not be taken literally

Question 11

Figure of speech

Answer 11

Any way of saying something other than the ordinary way; of saying one thing and meaning another

Question 12

Foot

Answer 12

Basic metrical unit in poetry, consisting of one or more syllables organized in a specific stress pattern (stressed/unstressed syllables)

Question 13

Imagery/Images

Answer 13

When details appeal to one of the senses and stand out in some way

Question 14

Visual Imagery

Answer 14

Relates to what we see

Question 15

Auditory Imagery

Answer 15

Relates to what we hear

Question 16

Olfactory Imagery

Answer 16

Relates to what we smell

Question 17

Gustatory Imagery

Answer 17

Relates to what we taste

Question 18

Tactile/Kinesthetic Imagery

Answer 18

Relates to what we touch

Question 19

Organic Imagery

Answer 19

Relates to internal sensation ex: hunger

Question 20

Metaphor

Answer 20

means something other than what is literally meant/ A comparison (not directly expressed) created when a literal term is associated with a figurative term

Question 21

Metonymy

Answer 21

Use of something closely related for the thing that is actually meant Ex: altar, sword and pen = clergy, soldiers, and authors

Question 22

Ode

Answer 22

Long, elaborate lyric poem (which emphasizes moods/ feelings rather than the story) that uses a dignified tone/style and treats a serious theme

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

2 contrary words next to each other/ 2 words whose meanings seem contradictory

Question 24

Paradox

Answer 24

An apparent contradiction that is nevertheless somehow true/ it can be either a situation or a statement

Question 25

Paraphrase

Answer 25

To restate in different language

Question 26

Personification

Answer 26

Giving human characteristics to an animal, object, or concept; a subtype of metaphor, as there is an implied comparison

Question 27

Setting

Answer 27

When? Where? / Time and Place

Question 28

Simile

Answer 28

Comparison expressed by the use of a word such as “like”, “as”, “similar to”, “ressemble”

Question 29

Speaker

Answer 29

The voice that tells the poem

Question 30

Couplet

Answer 30

2 lines

Question 31

Tercet

Answer 31

3 lines

Question 32

Quatrain

Answer 32

4 lines

Question 33

Quintet

Answer 33

5 lines

Question 34

Sestet

Answer 34

6 lines

Question 35

Septet

Answer 35

7 lines

Question 36

Octet

Answer 36

8 lines

Question 37

Symbolism/Symbol

Answer 37

Means what it is and something else Ex: you can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Question 38

Synecdoche

Answer 38

Use of the part for the whole Ex: She is a redhead (for someone with red hair)

Question 39

Theme

Answer 39

Main subject of the poem / central idea of the poem