Lit Terms 3rd Quarter

Question 1

The emotional quality of a literary work

Answer 1

Mood

Question 2

A practical lesson a four right and wrong conduct

Answer 2

Moral

Question 3

A significant word,phrase, image,description, idea,or other element that is repeated throughout a literary work and is related to the theme

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Motif

Question 4

The stated or implied reason a character acts, thinks, it feels a certain way

Answer 4

Motivation

Question 5

A traditional story that deals with goddesses, gods, heroes, and supernatural forces

Answer 5

Myth

Question 6

Writing or speech that tells a story

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Narrative

Question 7

Verse that tells a story

Answer 7

Narrative poetry

Question 8

The person who tells a story

Answer 8

Narrator

Question 9

Literature about real people, places, and events

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Nonfiction

Question 10

A book length fictional prose narrative

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Novel

Question 11

The use of a word or phrase that imitates or suggests the sound of what it describes

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Onomatopoeia

Question 12

Literature that passes by word-of-mouth from one generation to the next

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Oral tradition

Question 13

A figure of speech in which opposite it ideas are combined

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Oxymoron

Question 14

A simple story pointing to a moral or religious lesson

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Parable

Question 15

Situation or statement that appears to be contradictory but is actually true, either in fact or in a figurative sense

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Paradox

Question 16

The use of a series of words, phrases, or sentences that have similar grammatical form.

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Parallelism

Question 17

A humorous imitation of a literary work that aims to point out the works shortcomings

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Parody

Question 18

The person who is understood to be speaking or telling a story or another work

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Persona

Question 19

A figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is giving human characteristics

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Personification

Question 20

A type of writing, usually nonfiction, that attempts to convince Readers to think or act in a particular way

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Persuasion

Question 21

The sequence of events in a narrative work

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Plot

Question 22

A form of literary expression that differs from prose in emphasizing the line, rather than the sentence, is the unit of composition

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Poetry

Question 23

Their perspective form which a story is told

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Point of view

Question 24

An introductory section of the play, speech, or another literary work

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Prologue

Question 25

Written or spoken material design to bring about a change or to damage a cause through use of emotionally charged words, name-calling, or other techniques

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Propaganda

Question 26

Literature that is written in sentence and paragraph form

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Prose

Question 27

The central character in a literary work, around whom the main conflict revolves

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Protagonist

Question 28

A humorous play on words

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Pun

Question 29

I four-line stanza

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Quatrain

Question 30

A line or lines repeated at intervals in a poem or song, usually at the end of a stanza

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Refrain

Question 31

The recurrent so sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or literary work

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Repetition

Question 32

A French word meaning unknotting

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Resolution

Question 33

The repetition of the same stressed Vowel sounds and any succeeding sounds in two or more words

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Rhyme

Question 34

The pattern that ends rhymes form in a stanza or poem

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Rhyme scheme

Question 35

A long speech or written expression of thoughts by a character in a literary work

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Monologue