Lit terms part 2

Question 1

Word choice - specifically, any word that is important to the meaning and the effect of a passage

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Diction

Question 2

Explicitly instructive. Pope’s “Essay on Man” is BLANK; so are the novels of Ayn Rand. BLANK Poetry: A poem written to state a message or teach a body of knowledge

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Didactic

Question 3

The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work.

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Digression

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A derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. Usually the sincere product of poetic incompetence, and only unintentionally humorous

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Doggerel

Question 5

A single character speaking at a critical moment, usually addressed to some other character who remains silent

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Dramatic Monolog

Question 6

A solemn, sorrowful poem or meditation about death in general or specifically for one who is dead.

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Elegy

Question 7

A line with a pause at the end. Lines that end with a period, comma, colon, semicolon, exclamation point, or question mark are BLANK lines.

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End-Stopped

Question 8

the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next.

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enjambment

Question 9

A philosophical movement of the eighteenth century that celebrated reason - clarity of thought and statement, scientific thinking, and a person’s ability to perfect oneself.

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Enlightenment

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a long, narrative poem that describes the history of a nation, community, or race. The central figure is the epic hero who experiences legendary, mythical adventures where he displays extraordinary strength, courage, and moral fiber against supernatural forces.

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Epic

Question 11

a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way.
• a short poem, esp. a satirical one, having a witty or ingenious ending.

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Epigram

Question 12

uses a (usually fictional) series of letters and other documents to convey the plot of the story.

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Epistolary Narrative Voice

Question 13

A figure of speech using indirection to avoid offensive bluntness, such as “deceased” for “dead” or “remains” for “corpse.”

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Euphemism

Question 14

a style in which combinations of words pleasant to the ear predominate. (Its opposite is cacophony)

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Euphony

Question 15

an implied analogy, or comparison, which is carried throughout a stanza or an entire poem.

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Extended Metaphor

Question 16

rhyme that appears correct from spelling, but is half-rhyme or slant rhyme from the pronunciation. Examples include “watch” and “match,” and “love” and “move.”

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Eye Rhyme

Question 17

a rhyme of two syllables, one stressed and one unstressed, as “waken” and “forsaken” and “audition” and “rendition.”

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feminine rhyme

Question 18

Writing that uses figures of speech (as opposed to literal language or that which is actual or specifically denoted) such as metaphor, simile, and irony.

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figurative language

Question 19

a single rhythmical unit of verse

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foot

Question 20

Poetry which is not written in a traditional meter but is still rhythmical. The poetry of Walt Whitman is perhaps the best known example of BLANK

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free verse

Question 21

the term used to categorize art, film, music, poetry, and other literary works based on style, content, or technique.

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Genre