Literary Terms #3

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

Question 2

Antagonist

Answer 2

the villain of the story

Question 3

Assumption

Answer 3

A fact or statement that is taken for granted rather than tested or proved

Question 4

Character

Answer 4

Protagonist, antagonist, foil

Question 5

Conceit

Answer 5

an extended metaphor with a complex logic that governs a poetic passage or entire poem

Question 6

Deus ex machina

Answer 6

refers to the circumstance where an implausible concept or a divine character is introduced into a storyline for the purpose of resolving its conflict and procuring an interesting outcome.

Question 7

Epic

Answer 7

long narrative poem usually with a hero

Question 8

Exposition

Answer 8

a literary device used to introduce background information about events, settings, characters etc. to the audience or readers

Question 9

Form

Answer 9

The “shape” or organizational mode of a particular poem. In most poems (like sonnets), the form consists of a set number of lines, a set rhyme scheme, and a set meter for each line.

Question 10

Intensive

Answer 10

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Question 11

Malapropism

Answer 11

the act of using an incorrect word in place of one that is similar in pronunciation.

Question 12

Moral

Answer 12

a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience.

Question 13

Oxymoron

Answer 13

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

Question 14

Pentameter

Answer 14

a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet

Question 15

Quatrain

Answer 15

a stanza of four lines, especially one having alternate rhymes.

Question 16

Sarcasm

Answer 16

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt.

Question 17

Soliloquy

Answer 17

an act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a

Question 18

Structure

Answer 18

The most common elements of the narrative structure are setting, plot, and theme.

Question 19

Tone

Answer 19

attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience

Question 20

Verse

Answer 20

The literary device verse denotes a single line of poetry

Question 21

Syntax

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determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence

Question 22

Ethos

Answer 22

appealing to ethics

Question 23

Foil

Answer 23

In fiction, a foil is a character who contrasts with another character —usually the protagonist— in order to highlight particular qualities of the other character.

Question 24

Cacophony

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harsh sounds

Question 25

Classicism

Answer 25

n approach to aesthetics that favors restraint, rationality, and the use of strict forms in literature, painting, architecture, and other arts. It flourished in ancient Greece and Rome, and throughout Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.