Literary Terms (pg 3)

Question 1

a letter in verse, usually addressed to a person close to the writer

Answer 1

epistle

Question 2

fiction and poetry that focuses on the characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features particular to a specific region

Answer 2

regionalism

Question 3

a hero that has some of the characteristics and personality traits of a villain, but ultimately gives in to the goals and desires of a hero

Answer 3

anti-hero

Question 4

poetic term for the continuation of a sentence or phrase form one line of poetry to the next

Answer 4

enjambment

Question 5

form of satire that adapts the elevated heroic style of the classical epic poem to the trivial subject

Answer 5

mock epic

Question 6

poetic practice of attributing human emotion or response to nature, inanimate objects, or animals

Answer 6

pathetic fallacy

Question 7

symbolic narrative that conveys a meaning not explicitly set forth in the narrative

Answer 7

allegory

Question 8

a symbolic image or idea that appears frequently in a story

Answer 8

motif