Literary terms 2nd quarter

Question 1

heroic couplet

Answer 1

rhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Question 2

iambic pentameter

Answer 2

metrical line that has accented and unaccented syllables

Question 3

hyperbole

Answer 3

overstatement

Question 4

imagery

Answer 4

figurative language that evokes the 5 senses

Question 5

in medias res

Answer 5

in the middle of things

Question 6

irony

Answer 6

contradiction between expectation and reality

Question 7

kenning

Answer 7

two nouns put together acting as a metaphor

Question 8

litote

Answer 8

understatement for rhetorical effects

Question 9

lyric poetry

Answer 9

poem that expresses deep, personal emotion

Question 10

medievalism

Answer 10

middle age beliefs

Question 11

metaphor

Answer 11

a comparison between two unlike things

Question 12

meter

Answer 12

a patterned rhythm of accented and unaccented syllables

Question 13

monologue

Answer 13

one character’s long speech

Question 14

mood

Answer 14

evokes a specific emotion or feeling from an audience

Question 15

motif

Answer 15

recurring ideas/themes, repetition of a meaningful element

Question 16

narrative poem

Answer 16

poem that tells a story

Question 17

octet

Answer 17

first 8 lines that present an idea

Question 18

ode

Answer 18

lyric poem - serious subject, elevated style, elaborate stanza pattern

Question 19

onomatopoeia

Answer 19

word whose sounds seem to duplicate the sound they describe (hiss, buzz, bang, murmur, meow, growl)

Question 20

oxymoron

Answer 20

statement with two parts which seem contradictory

Question 21

paradox

Answer 21

statement whose two parts seem contradictory but is not

Question 22

parallelism

Answer 22

phrases, sentences, clauses similar in structure or meaning

Question 23

personification

Answer 23

giving human attributes to something not living

Question 24

plot

Answer 24

recounts the action and everything behind the action

Question 25

point of view

Answer 25

perspective from which the estory is told

Question 26

prose

Answer 26

does not have a meter like poetry

Question 27

prosopopoeia

Answer 27

when an inanimate object speaks

Question 28

protagonist

Answer 28

central character

Question 29

pun

Answer 29

a play on 2 words similar in sound but different in meaning

Question 30

quatrain

Answer 30

four-line stanza

Question 31

refrain

Answer 31

word/phrase/line repeated in a poem (end of stanza)

Question 32

rhyme scheme

Answer 32

pattern of rhymes in a poem

Question 33

rising action

Answer 33

events in a play that lead to a turning point in action

Question 34

satire (direct and indirect)

Answer 34

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Question 35

scansion

Answer 35

analysis of verse into metrical patterns

Question 36

sestet

Answer 36

six-line stanza

Question 37

setting

Answer 37

time/place of action

Question 38

simile

Answer 38

comparison using like or as

Question 39

soliloquy

Answer 39

monologue spoken by one who reveals true feelings - says it alone (different than aside - no stage directions)

Question 40

sonnet

Answer 40

lyric poem of 14 lines

Question 41

stanza

Answer 41

a group of lines forming a unit in a poem or song

Question 42

style

Answer 42

manner of expression

Question 43

symbol

Answer 43

word or object that stands for another word or object

Question 44

synecdoche

Answer 44

form of metaphor where the part signifies the whole

Question 45

theme

Answer 45

repeated ideia throughout the literary work

Question 46

tone

Answer 46

writer’s attitude toward the material/readers

Question 47

voice

Answer 47

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