Literary Terms Set 2

Question 1

short poem of song-like quality about emotions

Answer 1

Lyric Poem

Question 2

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

Answer 2

Ode

Question 3

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

Answer 3

Elegy

Question 4

poem that tells a story

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Narrative Poem

Question 5

a long narrative poem, written in heightened language, which recounts the deeds of a heroic character who embodies the values of a particular society (ex: The Odyssey)

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Epic

Question 6

a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Sing-song pattern with rhyme

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Ballad

Question 7

short poem describing peaceful rural life in nature

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Idyll

Question 8

14 line poem using formal rhyme scheme(s). Iambic pentameter

Answer 8

Sonnets

Question 9

a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd

Answer 9

Italian Sonnet

Question 10

Sonnet with rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG

Answer 10

Shakespearean Sonnet

Question 11

when a single speaker in literature says something to a silent audience

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Dramatic Monologue

Question 12

a nineteen-line poem with two rhymes throughout, consisting of five tercets and a quatrain, with the first and third lines of the opening tercet recurring alternately at the end of the other tercets and with both repeated at the close of the concluding quatrain.

Answer 12

Villanelle

Question 13

two-line stanza or two lines that rhyme

Answer 13

Couplet

Question 14

three-line stanza

Answer 14

Tercet

Question 15

four-line stanza

Answer 15

Quatrain

Question 16

five-line stanza

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Quintet

Question 17

six-line stanza

Answer 17

Sestet

Question 18

seven-line stanza

Answer 18

Septet

Question 19

eight-line stanza

Answer 19

Octave

Question 20

repetition of first sound/letter

Answer 20

Alliteration

Question 21

repetition of the same consonant sound

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Consonance

Question 22

repetition of the same vowel sound

Answer 22

Assonance

Question 23

lack of harmony and agreement between things; meter or rhyme breaks.

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Dissonance

Question 24

clear, loud, and long vowel sounds.

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Resonant Sounds

Question 25

compact consonant sounds.

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Plosive Sounds

Question 26

a word whose sound suggests its meaning. (“fl” in “flash,” “flick,” etc. suggest moving light)

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Phonetic Intensives

Question 27

literary device using repetition of something which ties into the deeper meaning of the poem. (ex: apples in “After Apple Picking”)

Answer 27

Controlling Image

Question 28

form of philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions. (__________ crisis is when life feels meaningless)

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Existentialism

Question 29

style of writing that uses symbols and exaggeration to represent emotions, rather than representing physical reality.

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Expressionism

Question 30

centering story on character’s emotions/subjective point of view and not an objective point of view; doesn’t try to interpret the thoughts and feelings; stream of consciousness.

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Impressionism

Question 31

an artistic movement emphasizing the imagination and characterized by incongruous juxtapositions and lack of conscious control

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Surrealism

Question 32

relating to or resembling Shakespeare’s character Sir John Falstaff, especially his robust, bawdy humor, good-natured rascality, and brazen braggadocio.

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Falstaffian

Question 33

relating to Shakespeare’s character Puck. playful, especially in a mischievous way.

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Puckish

Question 34

a mode that emphasizes the description and exaltation of a country lifestyle. (think “pasture”)

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Pastoral Mode

Question 35

novel or poem told through letters, diaries, or other things written by characters.

Answer 35

Epistolary Novel or Poem

Question 36

nightmarish quality. Franz Kafka

Answer 36

Kafkaesque

Question 37

the word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.

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Antecedent

Question 38

attributing human characteristics to an animal or inanimate object (ex: Zootopia)

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Anthropomorphism

Question 39

two opposite ideas put next to each other in parallel structure for emphasis. (ex: “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”)

Answer 39

Anithesis

Question 40

omission of conjunctions between coordinate phrases, clauses, or words.

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Asyndeton

Question 41

the deliberate use of a series of conjunctions.

Answer 41

Polysyndeton

Question 42

the inversion of the usual order of words or clauses.

Answer 42

Inversion/Anastrophe

Question 43

extremely optimistic, especially when facing adversity

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Panglossian

Question 44

waits until end of sentence to convey message (ex.: despite the storm, the soccer game was not cancelled.)

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Periodic Sentence

Question 45

conveys message at beginning ( ex.: the soccer game was not cancelled, despite the storm.)

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Loose Sentence

Question 46

arrogant, know-it-all way of speaking. (ex.: Dwight Schrute)

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Pedantic Tone

Question 47

the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable.

Answer 47

Verisimilitude