Literary terms quiz 1st quarter

Question 1

allegory

Answer 1

concrete representation of an abstract idea

Question 2

alliteration

Answer 2

two or more consecutive words that begin with the same sound for aid to memorization, to bring attention to an important part, and to mark the meter

Question 3

Allusion

Answer 3

an indirect reference

Question 4

Anachronism

Answer 4

something out of its proper historical time period

Question 5

Antagonist

Answer 5

character against the protagonist

Question 6

Anthropomorphism

Answer 6

giving human qualities to living things, including gods

Question 7

anti-climax

Answer 7

descent from the climax

Question 8

anti-hero

Answer 8

protagonist that doesn’t exhibit the qualities of the traditional hero

Question 9

aphorism

Answer 9

statement that reveals truths or principles

Question 10

apostrophe

Answer 10

one word exclamation to begin the paragraph

Question 11

aside

Answer 11

character speaks his own feelings that others do not hear (drama)

Question 12

assonance

Answer 12

similar vowel sounds followed by different consonants

Question 13

ballad

Answer 13

poem that recounts the story in the form of a song

Question 14

beast fable

Answer 14

fable where principle characters are animals

Question 15

Ballad stanza

Answer 15

four-line stanza used in the traditional ballad

Question 16

bildungsroman

Answer 16

novel depicting the growth of a child to his maturity

Question 17

caesura

Answer 17

pause in a line of poetry

Question 18

Canto

Answer 18

section of a long poem

Question 19

characterization

Answer 19

how an author develops a character

Question 20

chivalric romance

Answer 20

courtly love - knight choses a lady and dedicates all his deeds to her

Question 21

classicism

Answer 21

ancient Greek and Roman beliefs

Question 22

cliche

Answer 22

an unoriginal expression used many times

Question 23

climax

Answer 23

point of greatest tension in the plot

Question 24

conflict

Answer 24

the issue that needs to be resolved

Question 25

connotation

Answer 25

when a word word invokes something beyond its literal meaning

Question 26

consonance

Answer 26

similar consonant sounds followed by vowel sounds

Question 27

couplet

Answer 27

two successive lines of rhyming poetry

Question 28

didacticism

Answer 28

teaching tone especially in Angle-Saxon

Question 29

denouement

Answer 29

a conclusion

Question 30

dialogue

Answer 30

conversation between two or more

Question 31

dramatic irony

Answer 31

character's words come back to haunt him, he did not recognize the reality of what he is saying

Question 32

elegy

Answer 32

speech given at a funeral for the dead

Question 33

elegiac

Answer 33

sad, yearning tone

Question 34

enjambment

Answer 34

one sentence crosses over one or more lines, surprises the reader

Question 35

Epic

Answer 35

long, formal narrative poem written in an elevated style that recounts the adventures of a hero of almost mythic proportions who embodies the traits of a nation or people

Question 36

Epic conventions

Answer 36

In medias res and epic similes (long comparisons using like or as that has a tenor (subject) and a vehicle (image)

Question 37

Epithet

Answer 37

another name for someone or something that uses a phrase

Question 38

exposition

Answer 38

writing that explains

Question 39

extended metaphor

Answer 39

metaphor that is extended throughout the entire work

Question 40

Falling action

Answer 40

the crisis that ends in a catastrophe

Question 41

figurative language

Answer 41

language using figure of speech to elevate the writing

Question 42

figure of speech

Answer 42

used to compare (imagery, metaphor, simile)

Question 43

flashback

Answer 43

when the action stops and one recalls the past

Question 44

foil

Answer 44

a character who contrasts with the main character to accentuate the main character's distinctive qualities or characteristics

Question 45

foreshadowing

Answer 45

warning/indication of future events

Question 46

free verse

Answer 46

poetry that lacks meter and does not rhyme

Question 47

genre

Answer 47

classification of literary works based on content

Question 48

imagery

Answer 48

figurative language that evokes the 5 senses

Question 49

kenning

Answer 49

two nouns put together acting as a metaphor, words of power

Question 50

lyric poetry

Answer 50

poem that expresses deep, personal emotions

Question 51

metaphor

Answer 51

a comparison between two unlike things

Question 52

personification

Answer 52

giving human attributes to anything nonhuman

Question 53

prosopopoeia

Answer 53

when an inanimate object speaks (kind of personification)

Question 54

simile

Answer 54

comparison using like or as