Literary Terms

Question 1

epic poem

Answer 1

a long narrative poem, in which heroes perform valorous deeds.

Question 2

framestory

Answer 2

a story in which people tell eachother stories

Question 3

alliteration

Answer 3

a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. (beginrijm)
- made it easier to remember for reciting

Question 4

fable

Answer 4

a short allegorical story describing the actions of animals who have been given humn characteristics
- there is always a clear moral to the story

Question 5

mock epic

Answer 5

form of satire that adaps the style of the elevated herioc style of the classical epic poem to a trivial subject

Question 6

allegory

Answer 6

a narrative that serves as an extended methaphor

Question 7

dramatic monologue

Answer 7

a literary device that is used when a character reveals his or her innermost thoughts and feelings (soliloguy)

Question 8

methaphor

Answer 8

it says that one thing is something else, but literally it is not (does not mean exactly what it says)

Question 9

simile

Answer 9

makes a comparison between two otherwise unlike objects or ideals (connect them with ‘like’ or ‘as’)

Question 10

allusion

Answer 10

a reference in a literary work to a person, place or thing in history or another work of literature

Question 11

antagonist

Answer 11

a character in a story or poem who deceives, frustrates or works against the main character in some way

Question 12

ballad

Answer 12

a narrative folk song (middle ages, orally)

Question 13

connotation

Answer 13

an association that comes along with a particular word. (bv. gold is luxury)

Question 14

denotation

Answer 14

the exact meaning of a word, without the feelings or suggestions that the word may imply. (bv. gold is a yellow element)

Question 15

elegy

Answer 15

a type of literature defined as a song or poem, that expresses sorrow or lamentation, usually for one who died

Question 16

epigram

Answer 16

a short poem or verse that seeks to ridicule a thought or event, usually with witticism or sarcasm

Question 17

gothic

Answer 17

a literary style that usually portrayed fantastic tales dealing with horror and other ‘dark’ subjects

Question 18

hyperbole

Answer 18

a figure of speech that is grossly exaggerated description or statement

Question 19

irony

Answer 19

a term referring to how a person, situation, statement or circumstance is not as it would actually seem

Question 20

metonymy

Answer 20

a figure of speech substitudes one term with another that is being associated with that term

Question 21

myth

Answer 21

any story that attempts to explain how the world was created or why the world is the way that it is

Question 22

narrative

Answer 22

a collection of events that tells a story placed in a particular order and recountedd through either telling or writing

Question 23

narrative poem

Answer 23

a poem that tells a story, can come in many forms and styles

Question 24

parable

Answer 24

a brief and often simple narrative that illustrates a moral or religious lesson

Question 25

personification

Answer 25

a figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics