match term

Question 1

conceit

Answer 1

a fanciful figure of speech that makes a surprising connection between two seemingly dissimilar things

Question 2

elegy

Answer 2

a poem that mourns the death of a person

Question 3

couplet

Answer 3

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

Question 4

apostrophe

Answer 4

a figure of speech that addresses someone or something that is absent

Question 5

allegory

Answer 5

a story in which the characters, setting, and events stand for abstract or moral concepts

Question 6

antagonist

Answer 6

the character or force that creates the struggle

Question 7

dramatic monologue

Answer 7

a poem in which a character addresses one or more listeners who remains silent or who’s replies are not revealed

Question 8

diction

Answer 8

a writers or speakers choice of words

Question 9

caesura

Answer 9

a pause or break within a line of poetry

Question 10

allusion

Answer 10

a reference to a statement, person, place, or event from history or mythology

Question 11

epigram

Answer 11

a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement