Lit Terms 3

Question 1

Dirge

Answer 1

Mournful song acknowledging the dead

Question 2

Dissonance

Answer 2

Tension or clash resulting from combination of two elements

Question 3

Doggerel

Answer 3

Comic verse in irregular rhythm

Question 4

Elegy

Answer 4

Serious poem written in elegiac meter

Question 5

Diction

Answer 5

Choice and use of words and phrases in writing

Question 6

Epitaph

Answer 6

Brief writing in praise of the deals life

Question 7

Farse

Answer 7

Comic drama and uses exaggerated situations and characters

Question 8

Colloquial

Answer 8

Language from a specific time or location

Question 9

Colloquialism

Answer 9

Style of words that are characteristic of specific people EX: Howdy

Question 10

Couplet

Answer 10

Two line stanza that reflects theme

Question 11

Conceit

Answer 11

Extended metaphor using different objects EX: trees in kite runner

Question 12

Decorum

Answer 12

Dignified educate of behavior, speech, or clothing

Question 13

Syntax

Answer 13

System of arrangement of sentences EX: short=energy long=heavy

Question 14

Enjambment

Answer 14

Running from one line to the next without break

Question 15

Epic

Answer 15

Long poem, centered on hero with a great achievement EX: homer’s the Iliad

Question 16

Fable

Answer 16

Brief story that teaches a lesson EX: turtle and the hare

Question 17

Euphemism

Answer 17

Substitute milder words for less offensive EX: kick the bucket

Question 18

Feminine Rhyme

Answer 18

Last syllable unstressed EX: glamorous

Question 19

Masculine Rhyme

Answer 19

Single stressed syllable EX: complain

Question 20

Deus ex machina

Answer 20

Introduces a character that “saves” everything in the end

Question 21

Chorus

Answer 21

Refrain and often tells message or theme