Language of Discipline

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

Dual of realistic details with abstract sequences

Question 2

Alliteration

Answer 2

Repetition of a strong accent on a word’s first syllable

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

A reference to a person, cultural moment, place, or other body of work

Question 4

Connotation

Answer 4

A meaning beyond the strict definition of a word

Question 5

Elegy

Answer 5

A reflective poem in praise of someone, often after a completed task or their passing

Question 6

Envoi/y

Answer 6

A brief stanza summarizing a poem’s mood or meaning

Question 7

Epigraph

Answer 7

A quotation preceding a work’s main body

Question 8

Foot

Answer 8

Unit of measurement that describes the metrical patterns of certain poems

Question 9

Genre

Answer 9

The type/category that a work belongs to

Question 10

In Media Res

Answer 10

Beginning a work in the midst of an action

Question 11

Lyric

Answer 11

Suggestion of a deep emotional approach to a subject by a poet

Question 12

Metaphor

Answer 12

The establishment of a figurative or imaginative connection of objects, subjects, or implements

Question 13

Ode

Answer 13

A poem designed to commemorate or celebrate a person, special occasion, or extraordinary subject

Question 14

Persona

Answer 14

The creation of a speaker who isn’t specifically the author, nor one of its characters

Question 15

Prosody

Answer 15

An explanation of the metrical and rhythmic structures within a poem/poetic passage in a prosaic work

Question 16

Rhetoric

Answer 16

Logos, the logical content of an argument; ethos, the ethical character of a speaker; pathos, the emotional power of an oration

Question 17

Scansion

Answer 17

Identifying and measuring the rhythmic patterns of poetic discourse

Question 18

Symbol

Answer 18

Something that has an implication that resonates beyond its immediate appearance