Midterm Review Part 2

Question 1

Sentence

Answer 1

A set of words typically containing a subject and predicate that express a full thought

Question 2

Subject

Answer 2

A person or thing that is being discussed

Question 3

Personification

Answer 3

To describe something inhuman as if it has human like features

Question 4

Onomatopoeia

Answer 4

A word that actually looks like the sound it makes / examples of onomatopoeia: slam, splash, babble, warble

Question 5

classical allusion

Answer 5

reference from an event of the classical era

Question 6

simile

Answer 6

Comparison of two nouns using like or as

Question 7

metafiction

Answer 7

when the story examines the elements of fiction itself

Question 8

Blank Verse

Answer 8

verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

Question 9

Iambic pentameter

Answer 9

a line consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable that repates 5 times

Question 10

Sonnet

Answer 10

Poem containing 3 Quatrains and 1 cuplet

Question 11

biblical allusion

Answer 11

reference to an event from the bible

Question 12

Alitteration

Answer 12

The repetition of identical or similar words at the beginning of a sentence
Ex. She eats, Sea beets

Question 13

Metaphor

Answer 13

A comparison of two nouns without like or as