Key Terms Group C

Question 1

Deus ex machina

Answer 1

any situation where something unexpected or implausible is brought into the story line to resolve situations or disentangle a plot. The resolution could come from a new character, device, or event.

Question 2

Diction

Answer 2

the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing.

Question 3

Denouement

Answer 3

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot. This is not always the same as the climax

Question 4

Doppleganger

Answer 4

The alter ego of a character or the suppressed side of one’s personality that is usually unaccepted by society

Question 5

Double Entendre

Answer 5

a word of phrase open to two interpretations, one of them is usually risque, offensive, or sexual in nature

Question 6

Elegy

Answer 6

A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person

Question 7

Elision/Elided

Answer 7

the omission of certain letters to maintain rhythm, create colloquialisms or dialogue, or simply for effect. ex. “which o’erleaps itself”

Question 8

Emotive Language

Answer 8

Deliberate use of language by a writer to instill a feeling or visual

Question 9

Enjambment

Answer 9

The continuation of reading one line of a poem to the next with no pause, a run-on line. Used for great effect in poetry to emphasize a word at the end of the line without ending the thought there, also used to find the appropriate rhyme (I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o’er vales and hills)

Question 10

Epic

Answer 10

An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero