Literary Terms Unit 2 Set 2

Question 1

A short witty statement often in couplet form

Answer 1

Epigram

Question 2

Words used in a way apart from their literal meaning to add freshness and vitality

Answer 2

Figurative language

Question 3

Direct address of a person not living or present, an inanimate object, or of abstract qualities

Answer 3

Apostrophe

Question 4

A hint given to the reader of what is to come

Answer 4

Foreshadowing

Question 5

The sounds of words are similar but not identical

Answer 5

Slant rhyme, off rhyme, half rhyme

Question 6

A short narrative that draws a moral lesson or illustrates a religious truth it has moral intention. It does not have characters that represent abstract ideas or qualities

Answer 6

Parable

Question 7

A very short story that is told to make a point. Many are humorous, others are serious

Answer 7

Anecdote

Question 8

A prayer, song, or poem, that is said for the repose of the dead

Answer 8

Requiem

Question 9

A poem or part of a poem that idealizes country life

Answer 9

Idyll

Question 10

A comparison made between two things to show the similarities between them

Answer 10

Analogy

Question 11

A lyric poem written in 14 lines usually written in iambic pentameter composed of an octave and a sestet

Answer 11

Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet

Question 12

A lyric poem composed of 14 lines which are composed of 3 quatrains and a couplet

Answer 12

Shakespearean Sonnet

Question 13

A four lined stanza

Answer 13

Quatrain

Question 14

An eight lined stanza

Answer 14

Octave

Question 15

A six lined stanza

Answer 15

Sestet

Question 16

A basic unit of meter in poetry made of one stressed syllable and one or more unstressed syllables

Answer 16

Poetic foot

Question 17

A foot with an unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable

Answer 17

Iamb

Question 18

A foot with one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable

Answer 18

Trochee

Question 19

A foot with two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 19

Anapest

Question 20

A word with one stressed syllable followed by two unstressed syllables

Answer 20

Dactyl

Question 21

The rhythmical pattern of a poem determined by the number of stresses placed in each line

Answer 21

Meter

Question 22

The process of analyzing a poem’s metrical pattern;stressed and unstressed syllables are marked

Answer 22

Scansion

Question 23

Verse written in 5 foot lines

Answer 23

Pentameter

Question 24

Verse written in one foot lines

Answer 24

Monometer

Question 25

Verse written in two foot lines

Answer 25

Dimeter

Question 26

Verse written in three foot lines

Answer 26

Trimeter

Question 27

Verse written in 4 foot lines

Answer 27

Tetrameter

Question 28

Verse written in six foot lines

Answer 28

Hexameter

Question 29

A foot in which the last syllable is accented as in the Iamb or Anapest

Answer 29

Rising meter

Question 30

A foot in which the first syllable is accented as in a trochee or a dactyl

Answer 30

Falling meter

Question 31

Atmosphere- the feeling a reader gets from reading a literary work or passage that is set by setting, tone, and events

Answer 31

Mood

Question 32

The use in a literary work or characters and details unique to a particular geographic area

Answer 32

Local color

Question 33

A section of a literary work that interrupts the chronological presentation of events presented as a recollection or memory

Answer 33

Flashback

Question 34

A poem or speech in which an imaginary character speaks to a silent listener

Answer 34

Dramatic Monologue

Question 35

Explores the meaning of an important experience happening in a writers life. Specific narrative and descriptive details jakes the experience seem real

Answer 35

Personal essay