Final Vocab

Question 1

Alliteration

Answer 1

repetition of the first consonant sounds in words
Ex: Little Larry likes Lollipops

Question 2

Anaphora

Answer 2

repetition of words at the beginning of phrases, clauses, or lines

Question 3

Assonance

Answer 3

repetition of vowel sounds in non-rhyming words. Ex: Joey slowly rowed his boat home

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

repetition of consonant sounds at the ends of words. Ex: The stick broke my back

Question 5

Couplet

Answer 5

a two-line stanza

Question 6

Free-verse poem

Answer 6

an unmetered, unrhymed poem that closely resembles natural speech

Question 7

Hyperbole

Answer 7

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Question 8

Metaphor

Answer 8

comparing two UNLIKE things WITHOUT using “like” or “as”

Question 9

Narrative Poem

Answer 9

a poem that tells a story; contains characters, setting, plot

Question 10

Ode

Answer 10

a poem in praise of someone or something

Question 11

Onomatopeia

Answer 11

words that sound like their meaning

Question 12

Personification

Answer 12

giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

Question 13

Quatrain

Answer 13

a four-line stanza

Question 14

Repitition

Answer 14

entire words repeat. Ex: Mommy, mommy, mommy, where’s my shoe?

Question 15

Rhyme Scheme

Answer 15

a pattern of rhyming words

Question 16

Simile

Answer 16

comparing two UNLIKE things using “like” or “as”

Question 17

Stanza

Answer 17

divisions within a poem

Question 18

Allusion

Answer 18

reference to something outside the literary work (typically from history, religion, other literature, pop culture, etc.)

Question 19

Aside

Answer 19

Short remark by a character
Unheard by other characters

Question 20

Blank verse

Answer 20

poetry with a consistent meter but no formal rhyme

Question 21

Dialogue

Answer 21

conversation between two or more people

Question 22

Iambic pentameter

Answer 22

a kind of rhythmic pattern that consists of five iambs per line
has a rhyme scene
heartbeat

Question 23

Monologue

Answer 23

Long speech made by one character in a play
Speaking to other characters

Question 24

Oxymoron

Answer 24

a figure of speech pairing two words together that are opposing and/or contradictory

Question 25

Prologue

Answer 25

an opening of a story that establishes the setting, and gives background details

Question 26

Pun

Answer 26

a “play on words” that involves words with similar or identical sounds but with different meanings

Question 27

Soliloquy

Answer 27

Long speech made by one character in a play
No other characters on stage
Meant to reveal the character’s thoughts to the audience

Question 28

Tragedy

Answer 28

1. Fatal flaw
2. External pressure
3. Internal conflict
4. Sympathetic audience
5. order → chaos
6. Ends in death