Midterm

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

the picture you see, appeals to senses

Question 2

6 types of imagery

Answer 2

auditory, visual, tactile, kinesthetic, olfactory, gustatory

Question 3

mood

Answer 3

feelings, the overall perception of chacters and setting based on diction and imagery

Question 4

tone

Answer 4

thoughts, the adjective you choose to describe something

Question 5

euphemism

Answer 5

substituting a less offensive offensive word for one more unpleasant

Question 6

simile

Answer 6

comparing with like or as

Question 7

metaphor

Answer 7

comparing without like or as

Question 8

metonymy

Answer 8

the figure of speech in which one word or phrase is used to represent the whole with which it is related

Question 9

synecdoche

Answer 9

the name of the part is used to stand for the whole

Question 10

symbolism

Answer 10

a word that represents something else

Question 11

allusion

Answer 11

brief, subtle, and unexplained suggestions of something else such as a person, place, thing, event, idea, or art

Question 12

allegory

Answer 12

speech or discourse that conveys a meaning different from the literal one

Question 13

exposition

Answer 13

background info

Question 14

inciting moment

Answer 14

the expostion ends with the appearnce of the begninng action

Question 15

rising action

Answer 15

the way the characters handle the situations

Question 16

climax

Answer 16

the turning point, point of highest tension

Question 17

falling action

Answer 17

decrease in tension, conflict solved

Question 18

denouement

Answer 18

the resolution or conslusion

Question 19

irony

Answer 19

a clash of two situations with different meanings

Question 20

Verbal irony

Answer 20

literal vs extended meaning of language

Question 21

dramatic irony

Answer 21

difference of knowledge between audience and characters

Question 22

situational irony

Answer 22

difference in outcomes, expected vs reality

Question 23

satire

Answer 23

a form of irony to persuade us from a new angle using wit and humor

Question 24

Plot devices

Answer 24

flashback, frame, foreshadowing, deus ex machina, in medias res, checkovs gun, cliffhanger, twist ending

Question 25

epiphany

Answer 25

a sudden revelatory experience or a work in which an experience occurs

Question 26

motif

Answer 26

a recurring object, concept, etc in a work of literature

Question 27

horatian satire

Answer 27

pokes fun at human foibles, positive

Question 28

juvenalian satire

Answer 28

caustically denounces human vice and error, negative

Question 29

hyperbole

Answer 29

exaggeration