Literary terms Flashcards
_______ meter is composed of feet that are unaccented, unaccented, accented (u u /).
Ex: “I must finish my journey alone.”
Anapestic Meter
_______is a brief story that illustrates or makes a point.
Anecdote
_______is a wise saying, usually short and written.
Ex: “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
A. Anecdote
B. Apostrophe
C. Aphorism
D. Assoance
Aphorism
________is a turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons who is present or absent.
Apostrophe
“It’s hot and monotnous” and “Try to light the fire” are both examples of what?
A. Consonance
B. Anecdote
C. Assonance
D. Hubris
Assonance
_______ are used to create a dramatic pause.
Caesura
“He struck a streak of bad luck.” is an example of _______.
Consonance
When a meter is unstressed, stressed is _____________ meter.
A. Spondee
B. Dactylic
C. Anapestic
D. Iambic
iambic
When a meter is stressed, unstressed (/ u) is ___________meter.
A. Trochaic
B. Dactylic
C. Anapestic
D. Iambic
trochaic
When a meter is unstressed, unstressed, stressed (u u /) is ______ meter.
A. Spondee
B. Dactylic
C. Anapestic
D. Iambic
anapestic
When a meter is stressed, unstressed, unstressed ( / u u) is ______ meter.
A. Spondee
B. Dactylic
C. Anapestic
D. Iambic
dactylic
one foot
monometer
two feet
dimeter
three feet
trimeter
four feet
tetrameter
five feet
pentameter
six feet
hexameter
seven feet
septameter
eight feet
octameter
A heroic couplet is mostly written in ____________ ___________.
A. Anapestic meter
B. Iambic pentameter
iambic pentameter
____________ is the flaw that leads to the downfall of a tragic hero; excessive pride
Hubris
__________rhyme that occurs within a line of verse.
internal rhyme
_____________ irony is when the reader sees a character’s errors, but the character does not.
A. Situational
B. Dramatic
Dramatic irony
_______ irony is when the purpose of a particular action differs greatly from the result.
A. Situational
B. Dramatic
situational
__________in literature refers to the practice of misusing words by substituting words with similar sounding words that have different, often unconnected meanings, and thus creating a situation of confusion, misunderstanding and amusement.
A. Refrain
B Epithet
C. Malapropism
D. Elegy
Malapropism
Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons.” Instead, what the character means to say is “”Our watch, sir, have indeed apprehended two suspicious persons.
This is an example of what?
Malapropism
_____________ is a word, group of words, line, or group of lines repeated at specific moments in the poem.
Refrain
_______is a short poem, often written by an anonymous author, comprised of short verses intended to be sung or recited
ballad
_________-: A sub-division of an epic or narrative poem comparable to a chapter in a novel.
Canto
_________ is a four line stanza
Quatrain
____________is a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.
A. Epithet
B. Elegy
C. Euphemism
D. Cadence
elegy