Finals

Question 1

Iambic pentameter

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A line if verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short(or unstressed) syllable followed by one long( or stressed) syllable
Ex. Two households, both alike in dignity

Question 2

Foreshadowing

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When the author hints something that will happen later in the story

Question 3

Monologue

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A speech given by an actor on stage, usually when alone

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Soliloquy

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A speech given by an actor alone on stage- reveals characters inner feelings and emotions

Question 5

Dialogue

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Conversation between too or more people

Question 6

Rising action

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A series of events that build up to the turning point in the story

Question 7

Climax

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The turning point in the story, characters realize something important, most intense or highest point

Question 8

Falling action

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Action after the climax conflict is starting to get resolved

Question 9

Resolution

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The conflict is ended and the story finishes

Question 10

Prose

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the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.

Question 11

Couplet

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Two line of verse usually in the same meter and joining by rhyme, that form a unit

Question 12

Pun

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A play on words-words sound alike but have different meanings

Question 13

Blank verse

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unrhymed verse, especially the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse.

Question 14

Free verse

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verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.

Question 15

Irony

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Three types, verbal, dramatic, situational

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Tragedy

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A story ending in tragedy because of a triads flaw in the characters

Question 17

verbal irony

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when a person says something but means something else

Question 18

dramatic irony

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when the audience knows something the characters do not

Question 19

situational irony

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a situation in which the outcome is different that what is expected

Question 20

sonnet

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a poem that has 14 lines using any formal rhyme scheme

Question 21

personification

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when and object is described like a person

Question 22

oxymoron

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a phrase with two contradicting words, “cruel kindness”

Question 23

allusion

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a passing or casual reference; an incidental mention of something, either directly or by implication:

Question 24

metaphor

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a compassion between two things without using like or as

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simile

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a comparison using like or as

Question 26

speaker

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the person talking in the poem, not always author

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symbolism

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using a metaphor or symbol to mean something or stand for something different

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imagery

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description that appeals to the senses, types: auditory(sound), Gustatory(taste), Olfactory(smell), tactile(touch), visual (sight), (kinetic)(action)

Question 29

mood

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a main feeling or emotional quality or characteristic of a work

Question 30

tone

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overall attitude or feeling toward a subject, given by a work

Question 31

theme

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a main idea or message the author is presenting throughout the work

Question 32

hyperbole

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deliberate and purposeful exaggeration

Question 33

conflict

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the struggle or problem the characters face, this can be internal struggle, against nature, or another character

Question 34

aside

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a remark by a character only heard by the audience

Question 35

prologue

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a separate introductory section of a play

Question 36

alliteration

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a sentence or phrase using the same letter of sound to start the words

Question 37

assonance

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repetition of vowel sounds with a sentence of phrase

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consonance

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repetition of the same consonant two or more times in a phrase

Question 39

onomatopoeia

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a word that imitates a natural sound of something, boom, pitter patter of the rain etc.

Question 40

conceit

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an extended metaphor (often carried through and entire stanza or an entire poem)

Question 41

motif

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an object or idea that is repeated in a work