List #6

Question 1

metaphor

Answer 1

a figure of speech that compares unlike objects

Question 2

metonymy

Answer 2

a figure of speech that uses the name of one thing to represent something else with which it is associated

Question 3

Middle English

Answer 3

the language spoken in England between 1150-1500 AD

Question 4

mock epic

Answer 4

a parody of traditional epic form

Question 5

mock solemnity

Answer 5

feigned or deliberately artificial seriousness, often for satirical purposes

Question 6

mode

Answer 6

the general form, pattern, and manner of expression of a piece of discourse

Question 7

montage

Answer 7

a quick succession of image soft impression used to express an idea

Question 8

mood

Answer 8

the emotional time or prevailing atmosphere in a piece of literature or other discourse

Question 9

moral

Answer 9

a brief often simplistic lesson that a reader may infer from a work of literaturemor

Question 10

motif

Answer 10

a phrase, idea, or event that through repetition serves to unify or convey a theme in an essay or other discourse

Question 11

muse

Answer 11

to reflect deeply, to ponder

Question 12

myth

Answer 12

an imaginary story that has become an accepted part of the cultural or religious traditions of a group or society

Question 13

narrative

Answer 13

a form of verse or prose that tells a story

Question 14

Naturalism

Answer 14

a view of experience that is generally characterized as bleak and pessimistic