lit quiz #1

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

literary work in which characters represent abstract ideas; symbolic representation

Question 2

archaism

Answer 2

use of deliberately old-fashioned language

Question 3

couplet

Answer 3

2 consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 4

euphony

Answer 4

any agreeable (pleasing & harmonious) sounds

Question 5

foreshadowing

Answer 5

use of hints & clues to suggest what will happen later in the plot

Question 6

gothic novel

Answer 6

novel in which supernatural horrors & an atmosphere of unknown terrors pervades the action

Question 7

masculine rhyme

Answer 7

final syllable of first word rhymes with final syllable of second word

Question 8

melodrama

Answer 8

form of cheesy theater in which the hero is very, very good, the villain mean & rotten & the heroine oh-so-pure

Question 9

rhetorical question

Answer 9

statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered

Question 10

theme

Answer 10

main idea of the story